Intramedullary spinal cord metastases: visibility on PET and correlation with MRI features.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Studies systematically evaluating the detection of intramedullary spinal cord metastasis with PET are lacking. Our purpose was to evaluate the visibility of intramedullary spinal cord metastasis on PET in a single institutional series and to correlate PET and MR imaging features.

Materials and methods

Patients were included if pretreatment MR imaging identifying an intramedullary spinal cord metastasis and an [(18)F] FDG-PET examination near the time of MR imaging were available. PET examinations were retrospectively reviewed, with reviewers blinded and then unblinded to the PET report and MR imaging findings. PET intramedullary spinal cord metastasis features were compared with and correlated with previously analyzed MR imaging lesion characteristics.

SUBMITTER: Mostardi PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7966499 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature