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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 178-179 |
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Prostate cancer with lytic bone metastases: 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography for diagnosis and monitoring response to medical castration therapy
Punit Sharma, Sellam Karunanithi, Varun Singh Dhull, Sachin Jain, Chandrasekhar Bal, Rakesh Kumar
Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Rakesh Kumar
E 81, Ansari Nagar (East), AIIMS Campus, New Delhi 110 029
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-3919.119545
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Lytic bone metastases are rare in prostate cancer. We here present 18 fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET-CT) images of a 67-year-old male patient with lytic metastases from prostate cancer. Repeat 18 F-FDG PET-CT done 6 months later showed response to medical castration therapy. While the role of 18 F-FDG PET-CT for sclerotic bone metastases in prostate cancer remains controversial, it appears to be useful for detection and response assessment of lytic prostate cancer metastases. |
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