{"title":"Assessment of immature teratoma by 18F-FDG PET/CT","authors":"Elgin Ozkan , Sule Yagci , Mutlu Dogan , Seda Lacin , Nuriye Ozlem Kucuk , Hakan Akbulut","doi":"10.1016/j.ejrex.2011.03.012","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Teratomas are the most frequent extra-gonadal non-seminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCTs). </span>Retroperitoneum<span><span> is the third most common site for teratomas and 30–40% of them may have immature tissue. The use of 18F-FDG PET in NSGCTs has been recently investigated. Here we report a 22 year-old male patient with metastatic </span>immature teratoma, followed by PET/CT according to the existence of 18F-FDG avid metastatic lesions. According to our experience, functional imaging with PET/CT has an additive effect to anatomical imaging modalities in NSGCT patients when the tumoral tissue contains more primitive immature elements.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":100506,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Radiology Extra","volume":"78 3","pages":"Pages e143-e146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ejrex.2011.03.012","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European Journal of Radiology Extra","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571467511000460","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Teratomas are the most frequent extra-gonadal non-seminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCTs). Retroperitoneum is the third most common site for teratomas and 30–40% of them may have immature tissue. The use of 18F-FDG PET in NSGCTs has been recently investigated. Here we report a 22 year-old male patient with metastatic immature teratoma, followed by PET/CT according to the existence of 18F-FDG avid metastatic lesions. According to our experience, functional imaging with PET/CT has an additive effect to anatomical imaging modalities in NSGCT patients when the tumoral tissue contains more primitive immature elements.
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