Clinical and Prognostic Value of F-FDG-PET/CT in the Restaging Process of Recurrent Cutaneous Melanoma.

Background: Several studies on 18F-FDG-PET/CT have investigated the prognostic role of this imaging modality in different tumors after treatment. Nevertheless, its role in restaging patients with recurrent CM still needs to be defined.

Objective: The aim of this retrospective multicenter study was to evaluate the clinical and prognostic impact of 18F-FDG-PET/CT on the restaging process of cutaneous melanoma (CM) after surgery in patients with suspected distant recurrent disease or suspected metastatic progression disease.

Clinical and prognostic value of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in restaging of pancreatic cancer.

Aim: The aim of this retrospective multicentre study was to evaluate the clinical and prognostic effect of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG)-PET/computed tomography (CT) in the restaging process of pancreatic cancer (PC).

Materials And Methods: Data from patients treated for primary PC, who underwent F-FDG-PET/CT for suspicious of disease progression, were collected. Accuracy was assessed employing conventional diagnostic procedures, multidisciplinary team case notes, further F-FDG-PET/CT scans and/or follow-up.

Italian Multicenter Study on Accuracy of F-FDG PET/CT in Assessing Bone Marrow Involvement in Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Introduction: The present study investigated the utility of fluorine-18 (F) fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in assessing bone marrow involvement (BMI) compared with bone marrow biopsy (BMB) in newly diagnosed pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma (HL).

Patients And Methods: A total of 224 pediatric patients with HL underwent F-FDG PET/CT at staging. BMB or follow-up imaging was used as the standard of reference for the evaluation of BMI.

Role of molecular imaging in the management of patients affected by inflammatory bowel disease: State-of-the-art.

Aim: To present the current state-of-the art of molecular imaging in the management of patients affected by inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods: A systematic review of the literature was performed in order to find important original articles on the role of molecular imaging in the management of patients affected by IBD. The search was updated until February 2016 and limited to articles in English.

Potential Usefulness of 99mTc-DMSA for Radio-Guided Surgery in Pediatric Renal Dysplasia.

We report a case of an ectopic/hypoplastic kidney removed by radio-guided surgery. A 7-year-old girl, with a history of vaginal drainage of urine, underwent renal scintigraphy with Tc-DMSA. SPECT/CT revealed a focal uptake in the pelvis, corresponding to hypoplastic kidney as confirmed by MRI.

Can sequential 18F-FDG PET/CT replace WBC imaging in the diabetic foot?

Unlabelled: White blood cell (WBC) scintigraphy is considered the nuclear medicine imaging gold standard for diagnosing osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot. Recent papers have suggested that the use of (18)F-FDG PET/CT produces similar diagnostic accuracy, but clear interpretation criteria have not yet been established. Our aim was to evaluate the role of sequential (18)F-FDG PET/CT in patients with a high suspicion of osteomyelitis to define objective interpretation criteria to be compared with WBC scintigraphy.