Multimodality imaging of adult rhabdomyosarcoma: the added value of hybrid imaging.

Multimodality imaging of adult rhabdomyosarcoma: the added value of hybrid imaging. Br J Radiol. 2020 Jun 19;:20200250 Authors: Gennaro N, Marrari A, Renne SL, Cananzi F, Quagliuolo VL, Di Brina L, Scorsetti M, Pepe G, Chiti A, Santoro A, Balzarini L, Politi LS, Bertuzzi AF Abstract Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) represents more than 50% of paediatric soft tissue tumours. Conversely, it is extremely rare among adults, where it shows peculiar biological and clinical features that are still poorly investigated. RMS patients should be referred to a Sarcoma Centre, where the contribution of experienced radiologists plays a relevant role in the diagnostic assessment of the disease, including precise localisation, staging, image-guided biopsy, response evaluation after treatment and follow-up. Besides CT and MRI, hybrid imaging including positron emission tomography (PET)/CT and PET/MRI are giving an increasing contribution to provide functional insights about tumour biology and to improve the diagnostic accuracy of the imaging work-up. This review paper provides a revision of the pathology, clinical and radiological features of adult RMS, with a particular focus on the growing role of hybrid PET-based imaging. PMID: 32559113 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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