Chung Duck-Soo, Kang Sungmin, Park Jae-Bok
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, 3056-6, Daemyung 4-Dong, Nam-Gu, Daegu, 705-718 Korea.
Department of Pathology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, 3056-6, Daemyung 4-Dong, Nam-Gu, Daegu, 705-718 Korea.
Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2012 Dec;46(4):308-10. doi: 10.1007/s13139-012-0162-8. Epub 2012 Sep 18.
F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) that simultaneously offers anatomic and metabolic information is widely used and has become an effective modality in many clinical fields, especially oncology, and also may detect an unexpected primary cancer. Appendiceal carcinoma is relatively uncommon and not associated with characteristic symptoms. We report the case of a 53-year-old man with appendiceal adenocarcinoma, who had only mild fever. The tumor was detected early on F-18 FDG PET/CT for health screening.
F-18氟脱氧葡萄糖(FDG)正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描(PET/CT)能够同时提供解剖学和代谢信息,被广泛应用,已成为许多临床领域尤其是肿瘤学领域的一种有效检查手段,并且还可能检测出意外的原发性癌症。阑尾癌相对少见,且无特征性症状。我们报告一例53岁阑尾腺癌男性患者,其仅有低热症状。该肿瘤在F-18 FDG PET/CT健康筛查时被早期发现。