Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Right Atrial Invasion Detected by PET/CT.
- Author:
Ji Hoon KIM
1
;
Eun Sil KIM
;
Ji Won YU
;
Seok Jin AHN
;
Jun Oh JUNG
;
Soyon KIM
;
Young Jung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea. minju38@empal.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
hepatocellular carcinoma;
right atrium invasion;
F-18 FDG PET/CT
- MeSH:
Body Weight;
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular;
Dyspnea;
Heart Atria;
Hepatitis B;
Humans;
Lung;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Thorax;
Vena Cava, Inferior
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2008;42(5):414-418
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
