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Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Right Atrial Invasion Detected by PET/CT  

Kim, Ji-Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Kim, Eun-Sil (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Yu, Ji-Won (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Ahn, Seok-Jin (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Jung, Jun-Oh (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Kim, So-Yon (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
Kim, Young-Jung (Department of Internal Medicine, National Police Hospital)
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / v.42, no.5, 2008 , pp. 414-418 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
hepatocellular carcinoma; right atrium invasion; F-18 FDG PET/CT;
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