The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in pediatric lymph-node acute lymphoblastic leukemia involvement
- Cistaro, Angelina
- Saglio, Francesco
- Asaftei, Sebastian
- Fania, Piercarlo
- Berger, Massimo
- Fagioli, Franca
Publication date
December 2011
DOI Publisher
The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.Abstract
AbstractIn pediatric oncology, positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is emerging as an essential diagnostic tool in characterizing suspicious neoplastic lesions and staging malignant diseases. Most studies regarding the possible role of FDG-PET/CT in the management of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients are limited to adults. Here we report a pediatric patient with recurrent ALL, in which FDG-PET/CT was used both to define more precisely the cause of lymphadenopathy and to assess the effect of the second-line therapy
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