Preoperative staging of liver metastases from uveal melanoma by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET)

V. Servois (1) , P. Mariani (2) , C. Malhaire (1) , S. Petras (1) , S. Piperno-Neumann (3) , C. Plancher (4) , C. Levy-Gabriel (2) , L. Lumbroso-Le Rouic (2) , L. Desjardins (2) , R.J. Salmon (2)

1 Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
2 Département de chirurgie
3 Department of Medical Oncology
4 Department of Statistics

Microscopically complete (R0) resection of metastases from uveal melanoma prolongs median overall survival compared to incomplete surgery. The aim of this study was to compare the sensitivity of dynamic-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in the preoperative diagnosis of liver metastases from uveal melanoma.

Mots clés: uveal melanoma; liver metastase; liver magnetic resonance imaging; fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography

V. Servois, P. Mariani, C. Malhaire, S. Petras, S. Piperno-Neumann, et al.. Preoperative staging of liver metastases from uveal melanoma by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET). EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2010, 36 (2), pp.189. ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2009.08.010⟩. ⟨hal-00557766⟩