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Primary synovial sarcoma of the kidney: use of PET/CT in diagnosis and follow-up

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Primary renal synovial sarcoma is a rarely seen renal neoplasm. An experienced uropathologist is needed to make the pathological diagnosis. A patient, operated on with a prediagnosis of renal cell carcinoma, the pathology of which was reported as synovial sarcoma, is presented in this article. 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography were performed preoperatively and in the postoperative follow-up to detect the primary tumor and lymph node metastases.

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  1. Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Şahinbey Medical School, Gaziantep University, 27310, Gaziantep, Turkey

    Sakip Erturhan, İlker Seçkiner, Ahmet Erbaǧci, Mehmet Çelik & Faruk Yaǧci

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

    Sabri Zincirkeser

  3. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

    Metin Karakok

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Erturhan, S., Seçkiner, İ., Zincirkeser, S. et al. Primary synovial sarcoma of the kidney: use of PET/CT in diagnosis and follow-up. Ann Nucl Med 22, 225–229 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-007-0093-0

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