A rare case of mature teratoma. Has FDG PET/CT a role to play?

Tushar Mohapatra; Abhishek Arora; K Srikant; Snehalata; Nandish Kumar

doi:10.4103/0972-3919.90265

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Year : 2011 | Volume : 26 | Issue : 2 | Page : 107-108

A rare case of mature teratoma. Has FDG PET/CT a role to play?

Tushar Mohapatra¹, Abhishek Arora², K Srikant³, Snehalata⁴, Nandish Kumar⁵
¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
² Department of Radiology, Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
³ Department of Surgical Oncology, Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
⁴ Department of Pathology, Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
⁵ Department of Medical Oncology, Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Tushar Mohapatra
2nd floor, B Block, Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-500 082
India

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DOI: 10.4103/0972-3919.90265

Authors describe a very rare case of mature teratoma with malignant transformation, preoperatively suggested by FDG PET/CT study. So the role of CT component in elucidating three embryonal components and hypermetabolism evident on PET part suggesting possible malignant transformation makes PET/CT a valuable modality in evaluation of these rare tumors

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