18F-FDG PET/CT로 진단된 충수 선암종 (18F-FDG PET/CT Images of Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma) |
Author |
공은정, 조인호, 천경아, 원규장1, 이형우1, 김홍진2, |
Eun-Jung Kong, M.D., Ihn-Ho Cho, M.D., Kyung-Ah Chun, M.D., Kyu-Chang Won, M.D.1, Hyung-Woo Lee, M.D.1 and Hong-Jin Kim, M.D.2 |
Affiliation |
영남대학병원 핵의학과, 내분비내과1, 일반외과2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Endocrinology1 and Department of Sugery2, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea |
Abstract |
A 53-year -old man underwent 18F-FDG whole body PET/CT because of the detected liver mass on abdominal CT. The PET/CT showed a huge liver mass (9¡¿9cm, SUV: 12.12 ) in the right lobe and a focally hypermetabolic lesion in the right lower quadrant of abdomen (SUV: 9.12). At first, we suspected that the focal hypermetabolic lesion in RLQ was the physiologic uptake of ureter or a metastatic lesion of small bowel. We repeated the abdominal PET/CT next day. The focally hypermetabolic lesion was identified as the appendiceal mass. He underwent right hemicolectomy and right lobectomy of the liver. It was confirmed that the lesion was appendiceal adenocarcinoma with liver metastasis. Cancer of the appendix is an uncommon disease that is rarely suspected before surgery.1,2) But, we suggest that PET/CT is useful to identify the small lesion like appendiceal malignant mass. (Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2006;40(3):188-189) |
Keyword |
PET/CT, appendiceal adenocarcinoma |
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