Appendicular mass imitating a malignant cecal tumor on f18-FDG PET/CT study: a case report

Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography scan is a very useful method in the diagnosis and follow-up of gastrointestinal malignancies, although it may cause confusion in differential diagnosis. We present a 48-year-old man admitted with a right lower quadrant mass. U...

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Autores principales: Günal, Ömer, Doğan, Semih, Gürleyik, Emin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918430
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8420
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author Günal, Ömer
Doğan, Semih
Gürleyik, Emin
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description Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography scan is a very useful method in the diagnosis and follow-up of gastrointestinal malignancies, although it may cause confusion in differential diagnosis. We present a 48-year-old man admitted with a right lower quadrant mass. Upon an unyielding colonoscopy due to inability to pass beyond the hepatic flexure, a Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography strongly suggested a right colonic or cecal malignancy. Eventual laparatomy revealed a periappendiceal plastron due to appendicitis that was subsequently proven histological diagnosis. Although Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography is a reliable diagnostic tool for colonic malignancies, it can misdiagnose such masses due to inflammatory process around the cecum.
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spelling pubmed-27694402009-11-16 Appendicular mass imitating a malignant cecal tumor on f18-FDG PET/CT study: a case report Günal, Ömer Doğan, Semih Gürleyik, Emin Cases J Case report Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography scan is a very useful method in the diagnosis and follow-up of gastrointestinal malignancies, although it may cause confusion in differential diagnosis. We present a 48-year-old man admitted with a right lower quadrant mass. Upon an unyielding colonoscopy due to inability to pass beyond the hepatic flexure, a Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography strongly suggested a right colonic or cecal malignancy. Eventual laparatomy revealed a periappendiceal plastron due to appendicitis that was subsequently proven histological diagnosis. Although Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography is a reliable diagnostic tool for colonic malignancies, it can misdiagnose such masses due to inflammatory process around the cecum. Cases Network Ltd 2009-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2769440/ /pubmed/19918430 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8420 Text en © 2009 Günal et al.; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Appendicular mass imitating a malignant cecal tumor on f18-FDG PET/CT study: a case report
title Appendicular mass imitating a malignant cecal tumor on f18-FDG PET/CT study: a case report
title_full Appendicular mass imitating a malignant cecal tumor on f18-FDG PET/CT study: a case report
title_fullStr Appendicular mass imitating a malignant cecal tumor on f18-FDG PET/CT study: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Appendicular mass imitating a malignant cecal tumor on f18-FDG PET/CT study: a case report
title_short Appendicular mass imitating a malignant cecal tumor on f18-FDG PET/CT study: a case report
title_sort appendicular mass imitating a malignant cecal tumor on f18-fdg pet/ct study: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918430
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8420
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