PET-CT in detection of meningeal metastasis in neuroblastoma |
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Authors: | Madhavi Chawla Ramamohan Reddy Rajender Kumar Chandan J Das Sandeep Agarwala Amar M Tiwari Arun Malhotra Rakesh Kumar |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India |
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Abstract: | Neoplastic meningitis is being recognized with increasing frequency in patients with cancer: the common causes being adenocarcinomas
originating from the lung, stomach, breast, ovary, malignant melanoma, leukemia, lymphoma, Ewings sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma,
retinoblastoma and primary CNS malignancies. Meningeal metastases, though rare can be seen in advanced stages of neuroblastoma.
Recognition of meningeal metastases is crucial for successful diagnosis and prompt treatment of these patients. Here, we present
two patients of neuroblastoma in whom positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) examination resulted in detection
of meningeal metastases at diagnosis; thus, emphasizing the need of inclusion of brain imaging in PET-CT protocol in all cases
of advanced neuroblastoma. |
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Keywords: | Meningitis Neuroblastoma PET-CT 18F-FDG |
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