A Case of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Showing Different Uptake on F-18 FDG and C-11 Acetate PET.
- Author:
Jai Hyuen LEE
1
;
Jae Seung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Dankook College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
angiomyolipoma;
liver;
C-11 acetate;
F-18 FDG;
PET
- MeSH:
Adipocytes;
Angiomyolipoma;
Blood Vessels;
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular;
Liver;
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2008;42(3):246-248
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A hepatic angiomyolipoma is a rare benign tumor mainly composed of blood vessels, smooth muscle cells and fat cells in varying proportion. Hepatic angiomyolipoma is often misdiagnosed as a hepatocellular carcinoma in preoperative imaging work-up. To date, there has been little published data describing PET findings of hepatic angiomyolipoma. We report one case of hepatic angiomyolipoma that showed a high acetate and relatively low FDG uptake on PET images.