title: [Diagnosis of the postoperative local recurrence of rectal cancer by FDG-PET--a case report].
abstract: Positron emission tomography (PET) using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) as the tracer of glucose metabolism was performed to identify a postoperative recurrent lesion of rectal cancer. A 66-year-old-man underwent trans-sacral local resection of the rectum for rectal cancer in 1992. A local recurrent mass was discovered, and abdomino-perineal resection of the rectum was performed in 1999. The serum CEA level increased gradually August in 2000, but there was no sign of recurrence on CT or MRI. FDG-PET was performed to reveal a presacral recurrent lesion. Total pelvic evisceration combined with resection of the sacrum, and a bilateral ureterostomy were performed in April 2001. The beneficial role of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of the postoperative local recurrence of rectal cancer is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Suita Municipal Hospital.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katsumoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shingai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakaguchi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okajima
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sue
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikenaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sekimoto
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18