PET/CT F-18 FDG scan accurately identifies osteoporotic fractures in a patient with known metastatic colorectal cancer |
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| Authors: | Katzel Jed A Heiba Sherif I |
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| Institution: | Department of Medicine, Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers, Saint Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Positron emissions tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan has been used in many types of cancer to characterize the extent of disease as well as to identify the presence of metastases. However, the utility of PET/CT in patients with both cancer and osteoporosis is less well delineated. In this case, a patient with known metastatic colorectal cancer who was investigated by many forms of conventional imaging for back and pelvic pain was found to have osteoporotic fractures using PET/CT. At the same time malignant disease was excluded. |
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