Author/Editor		Topalovič, Mitja; Puklavec, Ludvik
Title		Pomen pozitronske izsevne tomografije (PET) v diagnostični obravnavi malignih bolezni - prikaz primerov
Translated title		The role of positron emission tomography (PET) in the management of malignant diseases - case report
Type		članek
Source		In: Hojs R, Krajnc I, Pahor A, et al, editors. Zbornik predavanj in praktikum 15. srečanje internistov in zdravnikov splošne medicine Iz prakse za prakso z mednarodno udeležbo; 2004 maj 7-8; Maribor. Maribor: Splošna bolnišnica Maribor,
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 17-22
Language		slo
Abstract		The beginnings of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) go back to the midseventies, but the method came into clinical practice at the beginning of the nineties, when the first studies on the diagnostic applicability of the method were published. At present, PET is an acknowledged method for the diagnostic management of numerous diseases, and it is becoming indispensable in oncology in particular. As radiopharmaceutical, 18fluorine-deoxyglucose (18FDG) is most often used. Its transport and metabolism are similar to that of glucose and as such it accumulates particularly in the cells, which use glycolysis as a source of energy for metabolic processes. Since tumor-related tissues are usually big glucose consumers, PET is now used in particular to diagnose different tumors. In fact, owing to this method we are also able to find small tumors (0.5 - 1 cm), which can either be overlooked by other diagnostic methods (computed tomography, magnetic resonance, ultrasound) or cannot be defined more clearly. In the year 2002, the Maribor Teaching Hospital Department of Nuclear Medicine was the first in the country to introduce PET by way of experiment. In the present article some of our cases are introduced.
Descriptors		NEOPLASMS TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS