caa a22 4500 605493278 CHVBK 20210128100520.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00261-015-0362-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00261-015-0362-7 FDG PET-CT of gynecologic cancers: pearls and pitfalls [Elektronische Daten] [Hima Prabhakar, Jessica Kraeft, John Schorge, James Scott, Susanna Lee] FDG PET-CT plays an important role in treatment planning and in prognosis assessment of gynecologic cancer patients. Detection of hypermetabolic tissue with FDG PET, when combined with the high spatial resolution of CT, results in improved cancer detection and localization not afforded by either modality independently. This article is a primer for a radiologist performing PET-CT on gynecologic cancer patients and includes the imaging protocol, normal pattern of FDG distribution in the female pelvis and the lymph node drainage pathways from the gynecologic organs. Clinically relevant imaging findings that should be included in the report are discussed. Case examples illustrate how potential errors in exam interpretation can be avoided by concurrently performing a high-quality diagnostic CT with the FDG PET scan and by analyzing both the stand-alone and the fusion images. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 PET-CT nationallicence PET image quality nationallicence Gynecologic cancer nationallicence Female pelvic imaging nationallicence Prabhakar Hima Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System, University of Pennsylvania, 800 Spruce Street, 19104, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut Kraeft Jessica Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut Schorge John Gillette Center for Gynecologic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut Scott James Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut Lee Susanna Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut Abdominal Imaging Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 40/7(2015-10-01), 2472-2485 0942-8925 40:7<2472 2015 40 261 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-015-0362-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-015-0362-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Prabhakar Hima Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System, University of Pennsylvania, 800 Spruce Street, 19104, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kraeft Jessica Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schorge John Gillette Center for Gynecologic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Scott James Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Susanna Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Abdominal Imaging Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 40/7(2015-10-01), 2472-2485 0942-8925 40:7<2472 2015 40 261