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Brain Metastasis
Research findings from M. Tripathi et al update understanding of brain metastasis
June 18th, 2009
"A 52-year-old woman undergoing treatment for carcinoma of the left breast with brain and bone metastases was referred for F-18 fluoride positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) bone scan (FBS) to evaluate the status of a bone metastasis. Review of the plain fluoride-PET images section-wise revealed an intracranial focus of abnormal fluoride accumulation, which was localized to the right medial temporal lobe on the fused fluoride-PET/CT image; with no evidence of calcification corresponding to this lesion on CT," scientists in Delhi, India report. "The pretreatment F-18 flurodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/CT study showed this lesion to correspond to the site of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-18)
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