title: A case of hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor identified by FDG-PET.
abstract: A 53-year-old man with a history of nausea and elevated liver functions presented to our clinic. A CT scan showed a small tumor in the right lobe of the liver. Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography confirm abnormal metabolic activity with a high standardized uptake value of 7.3 in the lesion. These findings could indicate a malignancy such as well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma, or a benign lesion such as hepatic abscess. He was diagnosed by histopathological examination as having an epithelioid granuloma with many inflammatory cells. This is the rare report of hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor featuring markedly increased 18F-FDG uptake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Japan. etsushi-k@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Etsushi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Daiki
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Habu
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Torii
authors.forename: Joji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawabe
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiomi
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18