Research Article
A Comparison between 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging and Biological and Radiological Findings in Restaging of Hepatoblastoma Patients
Table 1
Characteristics of patients.
| Patient number | Surgery | -FP increase | Biopsy | Recurrence | CI findings |
18F-FDG-PET/CT findings |
| 1 | Tx | Yes | Done | Yes | Hepatic recurrence | Additional abdominal findings | 2 | Tx | No | Done | Yes | Negative | Hepatic recurrence | 3 | Tx | Yes | Done | Yes | Hepatic recurrence and lung metastases | Additional lung lesions | 4 | Tx | Yes | Done | Yes | Hepatic recurrence | Additional hepatic lesions | 5 | Sx | Yes | Not done | No | Negative | Negative | 6 | Sx | Yes | Done | Yes | Negative | Epigastric lesion | 7 | Tx | Yes | Done | Yes | Negative | Diaphragmatic lesion | 8 | Sx | Yes | Done | Yes | Perisplenic lesion | Additional perisplenic lesion | 9 | Tx | Yes | Done | Yes | Negative | Abdominal wall lesions |
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CI: conventional imaging; Tx: liver transplantation; Sx: hepatectomy.
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