Drop metastases from pineal gland germ cell tumor on (18)F-FDG PET/CT.

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Drop metastases from pineal gland germ cell tumor on (18)F-FDG PET/CT.

J Nucl Med Technol. 2017 Mar 09;:

Authors: Jain TK, Basher RK, Sood A, Prakash G, Bhatia A, Mittal BR

Abstract
The pineal region tumors are rare and account for <1% of all intracranial neoplasms. 50% of pineal regional tumors are germ cell tumors (GCT). However intracranial GCT with spinal seeding and extracranial metastases are rare. The authors present a case of a young female patient with pineal gland GCT where (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging demonstrated the drop metastases to spinal cord in addition to tracer uptake in the primary lesion.

PMID: 28280127 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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