Clinical usefulness of PET/MRI in differentiating anterior mediastinal masses

Objectives To investigate the clinical usefulness of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/MRI in differentiating anterior mediastinal lesions, including small ones. Material and methods Among 96 patients who underwent 18F-FDG PET/MRI screening for anterior mediastinal lesions, we retrospectively reviewed images of 42 patients with histologically or clinically diagnosed thymic carcinomas, thymomas or anterior mediastinal cysts. MRI findings and maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) were compared among the three categories. In addition, small lesions measuring
Source: Nuclear Medicine Communications - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research