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Implantation and Monitoring by PET/CT of an Orthotopic Model of Human Pleural Mesothelioma in Athymic Mice
Published on: December 21, 2019
Contribution of positron emission tomography in pleural disease
B Duysinx1, J-L Corhay, M-P Larock
1Chest Clinic, Sart-Tilman University Hospital B35, 4000 Liege, Belgium. bduysinx@swing.be
Introduction:
Positron emission tomography (PET) now plays a clear role in oncology, especially in chest tumours. We discuss the value of metabolic imaging in characterising pleural pathology in the light of our own experience and review the literature.
Background:
PET is particularly useful in characterising malignant pleural pathologies and is a factor of prognosis in mesothelioma. Metabolic imaging also provides clinical information for staging lung cancer, in researching the primary tumour in metastatic pleurisy and in monitoring chronic or recurrent pleural pathologies.
Conclusions:
PET should therefore be considered as a useful tool in the diagnosis of liquid or solid pleural pathologies.
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