PET/CT in Gall Bladder and Biliary Tract Malignancies

  • Archi Agrawal
  • Nilendu Purandare
  • Sneha Shah
  • Ameya Puranik
  • Venkatesh Rangarajan
Chapter
First Online:
Part of the Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging book series (CGRHI)

Abstract

In this chapter we shall discuss the role of positron emission tomography (PET/CT) in biliary tract malignancies—i.e., gall bladder cancer (GBC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Though carcinoma of ampulla of Vater could also be included here, it will be discussed separately in pancreatic malignancies.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Archi Agrawal
    • 1
  • Nilendu Purandare
    • 1
  • Sneha Shah
    • 1
  • Ameya Puranik
    • 1
  • Venkatesh Rangarajan
    • 1
  1. 1.Tata Memorial HospitalMumbaiIndia

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