Key result
FDG PET CT effectively differentiates between bland and tumor thrombi and determines the extent of involvement in patients with tumor thrombus in multiple blood vessels.
Why the study?
Treatment for tumor thrombus in multiple blood vessels can be a challenge for management.
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FDG PET CT is useful for differentiating tumor from bland thrombus in mesenteric veins in patients with rectosigmoid carcinoma.
Treatment for tumor thrombus in multiple blood vessels can be a challenge for management and thus FDG PET CT is a potent tool in evaluation of such cases in differentiating between bland and tumor thrombus and commenting on the extent of the involvement.
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Singh et al. (2019) studied this question. FDG PET CT effectively differentiates between bland and tumor thrombi and determines the extent of involvement in patients with tumor thrombus in multiple blood vessels.
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