Uptake of 18FDG by a Hepatic Adenoma on Positron Emission Tomography

J. A. Stephenson; T. Kapasi; O. Al-Taan; A. R. Dennison

doi:10.1155/2011/276402

Case Reports in Hepatology (Jan 2011)

Uptake of 18FDG by a Hepatic Adenoma on Positron Emission Tomography

J. A. Stephenson,
T. Kapasi,
O. Al-Taan,
A. R. Dennison

Affiliations

J. A. Stephenson: Department of Radiology, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
T. Kapasi: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
O. Al-Taan: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK
A. R. Dennison: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Leicester General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/276402
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2011

Abstract

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Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18FDG-PET) is currently the best noninvasive test to confirm hepatic metastases when diagnostic uncertainty exists after initial imaging with first-line modalities. However, we report the second case of “false-positive” uptake of 18FDG on PET scanning from a histopathologically confirmed hepatic adenoma.

Published in Case Reports in Hepatology

ISSN: 2090-6587 (Print); 2090-6595 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/8571

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