Diagnostic value of FDG-PET/CT in the detection of synchronous cancers

Abstract

Synchronous cancer refers to a new primary cancer in a person with a history of

malignant disease. It may be easily missed in early stages of its development.

Besides its high sensitivity in the diagnosis of malignant disease, FDG-PET/

CT has a technical advantage due to routinely performed whole-body scanning

procedures in the detection of synchronous cancers. In this case report, we discussed

two cases in which synchronous cancer was incidentally detected by

FDG-PET/CT whole body examination.

Keywords

• Synchronous cancer,Second primary tumor,F18-FDG,PET/CT

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