Diagnosis and localization of renal cyst infection by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in polycystic kidney disease.

Renal cyst infection in polycystic kidney disease is a serious complication. Early diagnosis and localization of infected cyst are crucial and usually require conventional imaging modalities, including ultrasound and computed tomography (CT). However, their contribution is limited because of nonspecific results.

Impact of FDG PET-CT imaging on the decision making in the biologic suspicion of ovarian carcinoma recurrence.

Objectives: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the impact of integrated PET-CT on treatment management in ovarian carcinoma recurrence suspicion because of increased CA-125.

Methods: Twenty-nine patients (mean age=61 years), initially treated for ovarian carcinoma (FIGO stage I n=2, stage II n=3, stage III n=21 and stage IV n=3), presenting with increased CA-125 (mean=160 IU/ml, range 33-1930), underwent subsequently a CT and a PET-CT scans. The recurrence was acknowledged by the referring physicians for all patients.

Incidental colonic focal lesions detected by FDG PET/CT.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the performance of FDG PET/CT for the detection of colonic lesions, especially advanced neoplasms (villous or >10-mm adenomas, carcinomas). Because of 18F FDG accumulation in adenomatous polyps, PET using FDG can detect early premalignant colorectal lesions.

Materials And Methods: FDG PET/CT studies performed for a 1-year period in 1,716 consecutive patients with various malignant diseases, except colorectal cancer, were retrospectively reviewed.