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Sureka B, Rastogi A, Mukund A, Sarin SK. False-positive 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-avid benign hepatic tumor: Previously unreported in a male patient. Indian J Radiol Imaging 2021; 28:200-204. [PMID: 30050244 PMCID: PMC6038214 DOI: 10.4103/ijri.ijri_170_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We report a case of 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)–computed tomography-avid histologically confirmed inflammatory hepatic adenoma in a 77-year-old male patient without any history of steroid, alcohol use. This is the first case report of inflammatory hepatic adenoma in a male patient documented in the published literature showing uptake on 18F-FDG PET. Previous single case report of 18F-FDG PET-avid hepatic adenoma in a male patient was of hepatocyte nuclear factor-1-α subtype.
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- Binit Sureka
- Department of Radiology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pathology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Radiology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Evidence of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med 2019; 44:702-706. [PMID: 31348076 DOI: 10.1097/rlu.0000000000002701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) expression has been demonstrated in tumor neovasculature of many solid tumors, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The purpose of this study is to evaluate PSMA expression in patients with HCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nineteen HCC patients who underwent F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) as part of restaging procedure also underwent Ga-PSMA PET. F-FDG PET and Ga-PSMA findings were compared visually as well as quantitatively using maximized standardized uptake values (SUVmax). RESULTS FDG was positive in 15 patients while 16 patients demonstrated PSMA expression. The only extrahepatic finding was one metastatic lymph node detected by both tracers. Mean SUVmax of liver lesions on FDG PET/CT was 8.3 ± 2.3 and mean tumor to background ratio was 2.3 ± 1.5. Respective values for Ga-PSMA PET/CT were 17.4 ± 9 and 3.3 ± 2.2. On visual and quantitative evaluation uptake was higher with PSMA in nine patients and higher with FDG in four patients. PSMA and FDG activity were similar in three patients. One of the FDG positive patients was PSMA negative whereas two patients were PSMA positive but FDG negative. Heterogeneous uptake pattern was observed in three patients. Comparison of mean SUVmax and T/B values between PET studies revealed no statistically significant difference (P > 0.1). The mean survival was 25 months (range: 18-32 months) and SUVmax of PSMA (P = 0.05) and FDG (P = 0.012) showed medium strength of correlation with overall survival. CONCLUSION PSMA expression in advanced HCC can be demonstrated by Ga-PSMA PET but is not superior to FDG PET however it could be useful for identifying patients with limited therapeutic options.
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Öz A, Koyuncu Sökmen B, İnan N, Balcı NC, Tokat Y. Incidentally detected PET-avid liver adenomatosis: MRI and 18F-FDG PET-CT findings. TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY 2018; 29:623-624. [PMID: 30260789 DOI: 10.5152/tjg.2018.18105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Ayşegül Öz
- Department of Radiology, İstanbul Bilim University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, İstanbul Bilim University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, İstanbul Bilim University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery, İstanbul Bilim University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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Liu W, Delwaide J, Bletard N, Delvenne P, Meunier P, Hustinx R, Detry O. 18-Fluoro-deoxyglucose uptake in inflammatory hepatic adenoma: A case report. World J Hepatol 2017; 9:562-566. [PMID: 28469812 PMCID: PMC5395805 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v9.i11.562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2016] [Revised: 12/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET-CT) using 18-Fluoro-deoxyglucose (18FDG) is an imaging modality that reflects cellular glucose metabolism. Most cancers show an uptake of 18FDG and benign tumors do not usually behave in such a way. The authors report herein the case of a 38-year-old female patient with a past medical history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and pheochromocytoma, in whom a liver lesion had been detected with PET-CT. The tumor was laparoscopically resected and the diagnosis of inflammatory hepatic adenoma was confirmed. This is the first description of an inflammatory hepatic adenoma with an 18FDG up-take.
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Fat-Containing Hypermetabolic Masses on FDG PET/CT: A Spectrum of Benign and Malignant Conditions. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2016; 207:1095-1104. [PMID: 27490138 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.16.16066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This article focuses on identifying the imaging appearances of hypermetabolic fatty masses and masslike lesions on PET/CT and understanding the diagnostic challenges radiologists may face while interpreting findings of these lesions on PET/CT. This article provides an approach to aid in the diagnosis of these lesions and the appropriate management of patients. CONCLUSION Both malignant and benign fat-containing masses and masslike lesions can show hypermetabolic activity on PET/CT. Although the differential diagnosis is broad, clinical history, anatomic location, and knowledge of anatomic variants and imaging features can help radiologists avoid misinterpretation of benign fatty lesions as malignancy.
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Multiple liver adenomatosis with 18 F-FDG uptake: A rare manifestation of an infrequent entity. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.remnie.2016.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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García García-Esquinas M, Ortega Candil A, Méndez R, Díaz Del Arco C, Arrazola García J, Carreras Delgado JL. Multiple liver adenomatosis with (18)F-FDG uptake: A rare manifestation of an infrequent entity. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2016; 35:279-280. [PMID: 26748847 DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2015.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España
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- Servicio Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España
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Ozaki K, Harada K, Terayama N, Matsui O, Saitoh S, Tomimaru Y, Fujii T, Gabata T. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1α-inactivated hepatocellular adenomas exhibit high (18)F-fludeoxyglucose uptake associated with glucose-6-phosphate transporter inactivation. Br J Radiol 2016; 89:20160265. [PMID: 27197745 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20160265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This immunohistochemical study aimed to elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying the increased fluorine-18 fludeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in hepatocyte nuclear factor 1α (HNF1α)-inactivated hepatocellular adenomas (H-HCAs). METHODS Three resected H-HCAs were studied using FDG positron emission tomography. Each maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) was determined. Resected samples were subjected to immunohistochemical staining for the following glucose metabolism-related proteins: glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) and glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2), indicative of uptake and transport of glucose into cellular cytoplasm; hexokinase 2 (HK2) and hexokinase 4 (HK4), glucose phosphorylation; glucose-6-phosphate transporter 1 (G6PT1), uptake and transport of glucose-6-phosphate into endoplasmic reticulum; and glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase), dephosphorylation. RESULTS All three H-HCAs exhibited increased FDG intake, with an average SUVmax of 6.6 (range: 5.2-8.2). No sample expressed GLUT1 and HK2; all the samples exhibited equivalent GLUT2 and HK4 expression, equivalent or slightly increased G6Pase expression and significantly decreased G6PT1 expression relative to the non-neoplastic hepatocytes of background liver. CONCLUSION The increased FDG uptake observed in H-HCAs is associated with GLUT2 and HK4 expression and G6PT1 inactivation. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE H-HCA exhibits a high FDG uptake owing to the inactivation of G6PT1, which is transcriptionally regulated by HNF1α.
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- Kumi Ozaki
- 1 Department of Radiology, Takaoka City Hospital, Takaoka, Japan.,Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Human Pathology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan
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- 1 Department of Radiology, Takaoka City Hospital, Takaoka, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Hepatology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Toyonaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan
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Lee SY, Kingham TP, LaGratta MD, Jessurun J, Cherqui D, Jarnagin WR, Kluger MD. PET-avid hepatocellular adenomas: incidental findings associated with HNF1-α mutated lesions. HPB (Oxford) 2016; 18:41-8. [PMID: 26776850 PMCID: PMC4750225 DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2015.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Revised: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) is the second most common benign liver neoplasm and occurs predominantly in women in their reproductive years. Positron emission tomography (PET) using [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is commonly used in cancer staging, surveillance and evaluation of treatment response. PET-avid HCA are rare and can be falsely interpreted as malignancies. METHODS A retrospective review of four institutions' database was performed to identify the PET-avid HCAs with clinico-pathological correlation. RESULTS Nine patients with histological proven PET-avid HCA was identified. Eight out of 9 patients were female with a median age at diagnosis of 44 years. All patients' tumors with available histological subtyping (8/8) were HNF1-α mutated and had no inflammatory changes; 6 out the 9 lesions had prominent (>50%) steatotic changes. CONCLUSION Hepatocellular adenomas, specifically the HNF1-α subtype, can cause false-positive PET findings when seeking to identify malignancy. Concomitantly, PET-CT may have the potential to identify the HCA histopathologic variant with the lowest malignant and hemorrhagic potential.
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- Ser Yee Lee
- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States,Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States
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- New York-Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center, Diagnostic Radiology, 1305 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, United States
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- New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical College, Surgical Pathology, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, United States
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- Hôpital Paul Brousse, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States
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- New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 161 Fort Washington Avenue 823, New York, NY 10024, United States,Correspondence Michael D. Kluger, New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 161 Fort Washington Avenue 823, New York, NY 10024, United States.
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Lee SY, Kingham TP, LaGratta MD, Jessurun J, Cherqui D, Jarnagin WR, Kluger MD. PET-avid hepatocellular adenomas: incidental findings associated with HNF1-α mutated lesions. HPB (Oxford) 2015:n/a-n/a. [PMID: 26472264 DOI: 10.1111/hpb.12489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) is the second most common benign liver neoplasm and occurs predominantly in women in their reproductive years. Positron-emission tomography (PET) using [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is commonly used in cancer staging, surveillance and evaluation of the treatment response. PET-avid HCA is rare and can be falsely interpreted as malignancies. METHODS A retrospective review of four institutions' database was performed to identify the PET-avid HCAs with clinico-pathological correlation. RESULTS Nine patients with histological proven PET-avid HCA was identified. Eight out of nine patients were female with a median age at diagnosis of 44 years. All patients' tumours with available histological subtyping (8/8) were HNF1-α mutated and had no inflammatory changes; six out the nine lesions had prominent (>50%) steatotic changes. CONCLUSION Hepatocellular adenomas, specifically the HNF1-α subtype, can cause false-positive PET findings when seeking to identify malignancy. Concomitantly, PET-CT may have the potential to identify the HCA histopathological variant with the lowest malignant and haemorrhagic potential.
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- Ser Yee Lee
- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Surgery, Section of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Diagnostic Radiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Surgical Pathology, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Hôpital Paul Brousse, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Schüle S, Altendorf-Hofmann A, Dittmar Y, Rauchfuß F, Settmacher U. [Incidence of non-metastatic liver lesions in tumor patients: consequences for chemotherapy and local ablative procedures]. Chirurg 2014; 85:806-811. [PMID: 24449083 DOI: 10.1007/s00104-013-2660-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Even in patients with a history of solid malignant tumors, especially of gastrointestinal origin, newly diagnosed solid liver lesions do not necessarily correspond to metastases of the respective primary tumor. A reliable diagnosis can only be made by definitive histological examination. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data of all patients who underwent liver resection under the preoperative diagnosis of liver metastases between 1997 and 2011 and for whom liver specimens were examined histologically, were extracted from the prospectively maintained cancer registry. RESULTS An unexpected histological result occurred in 47 out of 770 patients (6.1 %). Primary tumors in these patients included renal cell (n=12), colorectal (n=11), breast (n=8), gastric (n=4), pancreatic (n=3), skin (n=3) and other cancers (n=6). Liver lesions were diagnosed synchronously in 15 cases or metachronously after a median of 17 months following primary therapy in 32 patients. Histology revealed a benign tumor in 38 cases (81 %) as well as 6 cases of HCC, 2 cases of CCC and in 1 case metastasis of a previously unknown colorectal cancer in a patient with known esophageal carcinoma. Suspicion of metastatic disease was based on four different imaging modalities in two cases and on three different imaging modalities in nine cases. Either computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was combined with ultrasound in another 23 patients and with positron emission tomography (PET) CT in 6 more cases. In two patients CT plus MRI and CT only, respectively, was performed. In the remaining three patients, suspicion of metastases occurred intraoperatively after macroscopic examination of the liver. Preoperative percutaneous biopsy was attempted in four patients with indeterminate results. CONCLUSION Even with modern diagnostics the risk of treating a benign or other form of malignant tumor with neoadjuvant or palliative chemotherapy persists. The same holds true for local ablative procedures. Prior to local ablation or definitive palliative chemotherapy histological confirmation of metastases should be attempted.
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- S Schüle
- Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07740, Jena, Deutschland,
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Lim D, Lee SY, Lim KH, Chan CY. Hepatic adenoma mimicking a metastatic lesion on computed tomography-positron emission tomography scan. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19:4432-4436. [PMID: 23885159 PMCID: PMC3718916 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i27.4432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/04/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Positron emission tomography (PET) using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) is an imaging modality which reflects cellular glucose metabolism. Most malignant cells accumulate and trap 18F-FDG, allowing the visualisation of increased uptake. It is hence widely used to differentiate malignant from benign lesions. “False positive” findings of hepatic lesions have been described in certain instances such as hepatic abscesses, but are rare in cases involving hepatocellular adenomas. To our knowledge, there have been only 7 reports in the English literature documenting PET-avid hepatocellular adenomas; 6 of the 7 reports were published in the last 3 years with the first report by Patel et al. We report the case of a 44-year-old Chinese female patient with a history of cervical adenocarcinoma, referred for a hepatic lesion noted on a surveillance computed tomography (CT) scan. A subsequent CT-PET performed showed a hypermetabolic lesion (standardized uptake value 7.9) in segment IVb of the liver. After discussion at a multi-disciplinary hepato-pancreato-biliary conference, the consensus was that of a metastatic lesion from her previous cervical adenocarcinoma, and a resection of the hepatic lesion was performed. Histology revealed features consistent with a hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 α inactivated steatotic hepatocellular adenoma.
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Sharma B, Martin A, Zerizer I. Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in Liver Imaging. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2013; 34:66-80. [DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2012.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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