Evaluation of liver metastases after radiofrequency ablation: utility of 18F-FDG PET and PET/CT.

AJR Am J Roentgenol

Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.

Published: April 2005

Objective: Our objective was to review the CT appearance of liver metastases after radiofrequency ablation and to describe the imaging findings of and utility of (18)F-FDG PET and PET/CT in assessing tumor recurrence after ablation.

Conclusion: (18)F-FDG PET and PET/CT can provide added diagnostic information compared with conventional imaging in patients after radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases and can be useful in guiding repeat ablation procedures.

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