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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012 Apr;198(4):10.2214/AJR.11.7280. doi: 10.2214/AJR.11.7280

TABLE 2.

Four Patients in Whom PET/CT Showed Unexpected Metastases and Altered Surgical Management

Patient
Enrollment No.
Known
Metastatic Site
Proposed surgery
Before PET/CT
Maximal Size
of Known
Metastasis (mm)
Location of
Unexpected
Metastasis on
PET/CT
Change in Management
After PET/CT
Figure

32 Right adrenal gland Right adrenalectomy 22 Stomach Addition of neoadjuvant chemotherapy; surgical plan changed to adrenalectomy and partial gastrectomy Fig. 1
13 Axillary lymph nodes Axillary lymphadenectomy 53 Bones Cancellation of surgery Fig. 2
7 Soft tissue in the arm Wide local excision 13 Soft tissue in the leg Cancellation of surgery Fig. 3
31 Pelvic and inguinal lymph nodes Pelvic and inguinal lymph node dissection 48 Soft tissue in the leg below the knee Addition of adjuvant isolated limb perfusion Not applicable