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KMID : 1148920080420050414
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2008 Volume.42 No. 5 p.414 ~ p.418
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Right Atrial Invasion Detected by PET/CT
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Kim Ji-Hoon
Kim Eun-Sil
Yoo Ji-Won
Ahn Seok-Jin
Jung Jun-Oh
Kim So-Yon
Kim Young-Jung
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Abstract
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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. (Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2008;42(5):414-418)
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KEYWORD
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hepatocellular carcinoma, right atrium invasion, F-18 FDG PET/CT
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