TY - JOUR
T1 - FDG PET/CT imaging to rule out extrahepatic metastases before liver transplantation
AU - Mocherla, Bharat
AU - Kim, Jongho
AU - Roayaie, Sasan
AU - Kim, Suzanne
AU - Machac, Josef
AU - Kostakoglu, Lale
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - FDG PET/CT, an established imaging modality for staging and restaging workup of malignancies, also demonstrates increased uptake in infectious or inflammatory conditions, including both infectious and noninfectious granulomatous processes. A 65-year-old man with a history of hepatocellular carcinoma status post-wedge resection and chemoembolization of the primary tumor referred for evaluation of extrahepatic metastases for determining the surgical eligibility for a liver transplantation. The patient underwent FDG PET/CT imaging associated with a separately acquired contrast enhanced CT (CECT) of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. FDG PET/CT imaging revealed multiple FDG-avid pulmonary nodules that were subsequently confirmed to represent Mycobacterium avium intracellular infection on histology.
AB - FDG PET/CT, an established imaging modality for staging and restaging workup of malignancies, also demonstrates increased uptake in infectious or inflammatory conditions, including both infectious and noninfectious granulomatous processes. A 65-year-old man with a history of hepatocellular carcinoma status post-wedge resection and chemoembolization of the primary tumor referred for evaluation of extrahepatic metastases for determining the surgical eligibility for a liver transplantation. The patient underwent FDG PET/CT imaging associated with a separately acquired contrast enhanced CT (CECT) of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. FDG PET/CT imaging revealed multiple FDG-avid pulmonary nodules that were subsequently confirmed to represent Mycobacterium avium intracellular infection on histology.
KW - FDG PET/CT
KW - Granulomatous infections
KW - Hepatocellular carcinoma
KW - Liver transplantation
KW - Mycobacterium avium complex
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36348961866&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181598cef
DO - 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181598cef
M3 - Article
C2 - 18030049
AN - SCOPUS:36348961866
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 32
SP - 947
EP - 948
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 12
ER -