Penile cancer is an uncommon malignancy which of the management depends on the clinical stage and location of the lesion.
Positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (PET/CT) is a promising method for detection of distant metastatic lesions and therapeutic strategy planning. Here, we report a case of penile squamous cell carcinoma of 57-year-old male patient, was referred to PET/CT department for investigation of metastases. There were significantly increased fluoro-18 fluorodeoxyglucose activities in supradiaphragmatic and infradiaphragmatic lymphatic stations.
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Kaya ZR, Sager S, Halac M, Sonmezoglu K. Are you the author?
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Reference: Indian J Nucl Med. 2012 Jul;27(3):189-91.
doi: 10.4103/0972-3919.112731
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23919076
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