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ArticleNuclear medicine and molecular imaging2017

Unusual Contiguous Soft Tissue Spread of Advanced Malignant Mesothelioma Detected by FDG PET/CT.

Yuyang Zhang, Jamie Edwards, Hadyn Williams, Zhonglin Hao, Samir Khleif, Darko Pucar

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Article in Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuyang ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912 USA.
Jamie EdwardsDepartment of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912 USA.
Hadyn WilliamsDepartment of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912 USA.
Zhonglin HaoDepartment of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology Section, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912 USA.
Samir KhleifDepartment of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology Section, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912 USA.
Darko PucarDepartment of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912 USA.
Augusta University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a tumor of mesodermal origin that arises from the serosa of the pleura, peritoneum, pericardium or tunica vaginalis. MPM is well known to have a poor prognosis with a median survival time of 12 months. Accurate diagnosis, staging and restaging of MPM are crucial with [18F] flurodeoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET/CT) playing an increasingly important role. Here we report a case of MPM with unusual contiguous soft tissue spread of the tumor along the dermal and fascial planes characterized by PET/CT. Given that the loco-regional tumor in the thorax was under control on PET/CT, the death of the patient was most likely associated with physiologic or metabolic causes associated with an extra-thoracic tumor.

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Adjuvant chemotherapyFDG PET/CTMalignant mesotheliomaMetastases

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PMID28559943
PMCPMC5429295
OpenAlexW2466004752

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