Usefulness of Whole-Body Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Systematic Review

Aim.To systematically review the role of positron emission tomography (PET) with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).Methods.A comprehensive literature search of published studies regarding FDG-PET and PET/CT in patients with NF1 was performed.No beginning date limit and language restriction were use

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Urgent total pancreatoduodenectomy for profuse gastro-intestinal bleeding caused by renal cancer metastases to the pancreas

Renal cancer (RC) can spread to different organs, metastatic damage of the pancreas is quite rare.But, in contrast of primary and other metastatic malignant tumors, pancreatic RC metastases can be resectable in 80 % of cases with nearly 90 % 5-year survival rate.Pancreatic oncologic surgery includes 3 different types of resection: distal pancreatic

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