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Value of 11C-Choline PET and Contrast-Enhanced CT for Staging of Bladder Cancer: Correlation with Histopathologic Findings

Maria Picchio*,1, Uwe Treiber*,2, Ambros J. Beer3, Stefan Metz3, Patrick Bössner2, Heiner van Randenborgh2, Roger Paul2, Gregor Weirich4, Michael Souvatzoglou5, Rudolf Hartung2, Markus Schwaiger5 and Morand Piert5

1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, IBFM-CNR, Scientific Institute H San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; 2 Department of Urology, Technische Universität München, München, Germany; 3 Department of Radiology, Technische Universität München, München, Germany; 4 Institute of Pathology, Technische Universität München, München, Germany; and 5 Nuclear Medicine Department, Technische Universität München, München, Germany


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  		FIGURE 1.  Increased 11C-choline uptake (arrows) at left pelvic lymph node superior to bladder and at left bladder wall on coronal whole-body PET image (A) and on corresponding transaxial PET images (B and C). Corresponding CT images show marginally enlarged lymph node (D) and bladder wall thickening (E) (arrows).

 

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  		FIGURE 2.  Increased 11C-choline uptake at right lymph node lateral and dorsal to bladder and at right bladder wall on coronal whole-body PET images (A and B) and on corresponding transaxial PET images (C and D). CT image shows concentric bladder wall thickening (E) (arrow).

 




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