Positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance imaging applications in pediatric musculoskeletal tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The hybrid imaging positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance (PET/MR) is an important tool in the management of pediatric oncology patients, particularly in malignant musculoskeletal pathologies, because it combines the functional and metabolic information of tumor provided by PET with the high soft-tissue contrast and the functional information offered by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Methods

We performed an observational retrospective study that included pediatric patients diagnosed with primary bone or soft-tissue sarcomas in the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit at the HM Montepríncipe University Hospital, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid (Spain) who underwent whole-body ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) PET/MRI as a staging study

SUBMITTER: Plaza de Las Heras I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11558499 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature