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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Published in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 4/2012

01-12-2012 | Case Report

Incidental Finding of Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma in F-18 FDG PET/CT for Health Screening

Authors: Duck-Soo Chung, Sungmin Kang, Jae-Bok Park

Published in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 4/2012

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Abstract

F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) that simultaneously offers anatomic and metabolic information is widely used and has become an effective modality in many clinical fields, especially oncology, and also may detect an unexpected primary cancer. Appendiceal carcinoma is relatively uncommon and not associated with characteristic symptoms. We report the case of a 53-year-old man with appendiceal adenocarcinoma, who had only mild fever. The tumor was detected early on F-18 FDG PET/CT for health screening.
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Metadata
Title
Incidental Finding of Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma in F-18 FDG PET/CT for Health Screening
Authors
Duck-Soo Chung
Sungmin Kang
Jae-Bok Park
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 1869-3474
Electronic ISSN: 1869-3482
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-012-0162-8

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