Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Right Atrial Invasion Detected by PET/CT / 핵의학분자영상
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
;
: 414-418, 2008.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-222902
ABSTRACT
The role of positron emission tomography (PET) with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) in the diagnosis of hepatocellulcar carcinoma (HCC) has been limited because of a variable FDG uptake in HCC. However, the usefulness of PET/CT for detecting extrahepatic metastasis and monitoring of the treatment response in HCC has been reported. A 55-year-old man with a hepatitis B surface antigen-positive, was admitted to our hospital due to dyspnea, general weakness and body weight loss for one month. Chest X-ray showed multiple reticulo-nodular densities on both lower lung fields, which implies metastatic lesions. F-18 FDG PET/CT revealed consecutively intense hypermetabolic mass in right hepatic lobe, inferior vena cava and right atrium. We report a case of HCC with IVC and right atrium invasion identified by F-18 FDG PET/CT.
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Main subject:
Thorax
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Vena Cava, Inferior
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Body Weight
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Dyspnea
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Heart Atria
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Hepatitis B
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Lung
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Neoplasm Metastasis
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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