Usefulness of F-18 FDG PET/CT as one-stop-shop imaging modality for diagnosis of occult primary and estimation of disease burden in patients with intraocular masses

Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Feb;37(2):200-3. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31823e9d69.

Abstract

Metastases are the most common intraocular malignancy. Determination of the primary site and entire burden of disease as a part of initial staging is important in choosing the most appropriate management strategy. F-18 FDG PET/CT can demonstrate primary neoplasms and the whole-body total burden of disease. We present 2 cases of intraocular metastases from lung carcinoma where F-18 FDG PET/CT was useful as one-stop-shop imaging modality in detection of the primary and in assessment of total disease burden.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Eye Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Eye Neoplasms / secondary
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Tumor Burden*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18