Gastro-Intestinal Cancers

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Case 1: Ca Rectum

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Case History:

41-year-old male staging workup for Carcinoma rectum.

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Findings:

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Sections at the level of pelvis show FDG avid enhancing asymmetrical wall thickening involving the rectum with perirectal fat infiltration (white arrow) (A-D) and enlarged avid peri rectal nodes (arrowhead). The planes with the pelvic floor muscles are intact.

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Case 2: Ca Sigmoid Colon With Nodal Metastasis

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Case History:

59 year old male with altered bowel habits and weight loss

Findings:

Sections at the level of lower abdomen and pelvis showing metabolically active enhancing circumferential thickening in the proximal sigmoid colon(A) with peri-colonic infiltration and a discrete avid enlarged mesenteric node and another discrete centimeter size mesenteric node lying just above the aortic bifurcation consistent With Ca Sigmoid Colon With Nodal Metastasis.

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Case Study Prepared by:

This short PET-MRI Scan case was compiled by Dr. Sangeeta Taneja and Dr. Amarnath Jena (Nuclear Medicine Physician at PET-Suite @ Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar).

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The Simultaneous PET-MRI Scan is currently offered at PET-Suite at Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar.

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