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Int J Radiat Res 2012, 10(2): 109-110 Back to browse issues page
Detection of chordoma recurrence by F-18 FDG-PET/CT
A. Sabet , H. Ahmadzadehfar , F.J. Huertos Lopez , M. Muckle , A. Schmiedel , H.J. Biersack , S. Ezziddin
, amir.sabet@ukb.uni-bonn.de
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Background: Despite the relative success of surgical resection followed by proton, proton/photon, or conventional radiotherapy in terms of recurrence-free survival, chordomas are still associated with a high rate of recurrence. To our knowledge there are only very few reported cases of this rare tumor detected by F-18 FDG-PET. Materials and Methods: In this case we show the significance of F-18 FDG-PET/CT in detection of recurrent Chordoma in a 38 year old man with a history of the disease and a newly detected cervical lymphatic mass. Results: The fused PET/CT images manifested the presence of two abnormal foci of tracer uptake corresponding to a retroclavicular and an infrajugular Lymph node proved to be metastases of the previous chordoma in histopathology. Conclusion: Further employment of F-18 FDG-PET/CT in this rare tumour type might eventually define and establish its value in staging of chordoma. Iran. J. Radiat. Res., 2012 10(2): 109‐110
Keywords: Chordoma, FDG-PET/CT, 18F-FDG, bone tumors
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