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Fig. 5 | Clinical Sarcoma Research

Fig. 5

From: Retrospective audit of 957 consecutive 18F-FDG PET–CT scans compared to CT and MRI in 493 patients with different histological subtypes of bone and soft tissue sarcoma

Fig. 5

Examples of 18F-FDG PET and fused PET–CT images with added value detection of disease sites in sarcoma. All images are on an SUV scale of 0–6. a Case of a 57 year-old female with hilar lung metastatic leiomyosarcoma, but with occult metastatic sites (arrows; right buttock and left para-aortic region) not clearly evident on conventional CT scans. b Case of a 54 year-old female with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) with primary right axillary disease, but with an occult bone secondary in the pelvis (arrow) on PET–CT. c Case of a 23 year-old male with distal femur osteosarcoma post MAP chemotherapy (pre-op) and after reconstructive surgery and prosthetic replacement with a local recurrence (post-op). Arrow indicates FDG avid nodule of local recurrence close to the prosthetic margin not visible on CT

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Clinical Sarcoma Research

ISSN: 2045-3329