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SUBMITTER: Nockel P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424912 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nockel Pavel P El Lakis Mustapha M Gaitanidis Apostolos A Merkel Roxanne R Patel Dhaval D Nilubol Naris N Prodanov Tamara T Pacak Karel K Kebebew Electron E
Annals of surgery 20190401 4
<h4>Background</h4>Fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging is recommended in patients with metastatic pheochromocytoma (PC) and paraganglioma (PGL). There are no data on whether routine preoperative F-FDG PET/CT in all patients with PC/PGL impacts surgical management.<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of this study was to determine whether routine preoperative F-FDG PET/CT imaging affects the surgical management of patients with PC/PGLs.<h4>Methods</h4 ...[more]