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SUBMITTER: Alilou M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6191462 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alilou Mehdi M Orooji Mahdi M Beig Niha N Prasanna Prateek P Rajiah Prabhakar P Donatelli Christopher C Velcheti Vamsidhar V Rakshit Sagar S Yang Michael M Jacono Frank F Gilkeson Robert R Linden Philip P Madabhushi Anant A
Scientific reports 20181016 1
Adenocarcinomas and active granulomas can both have a spiculated appearance on computed tomography (CT) and both are often fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) avid on positron emission tomography (PET) scan, making them difficult to distinguish. Consequently, patients with benign granulomas are often subjected to invasive surgical biopsies or resections. In this study, quantitative vessel tortuosity (QVT), a novel CT imaging biomarker to distinguish between benign granulomas and adenocarcinomas on routine ...[more]