title: Early gastric cancer and early colon cancer detected simultaneously by PET cancer screening incidentally.
abstract: We report a case of early gastric cancer and early colon cancer detected by positron emission tomography (PET) cancer screening. A 64-year-old male patient with an unremarkable past history except for hypertension and cerebrovascular disease underwent 18F-FDG PET for cancer screening. Images revealed increased uptake in the gastric antrum and sigmoid colon. Both areas appeared suspicious for neoplasm on subsequent fluoroscopy and endoscopy, and biopsies were positive for neoplasia at both sites. The gastric lesion was treated by distal gastrectomy and D2 lymphadenectomy and the colon cancer by endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). Both surgical specimens were positive for cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, PET Center, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Hayato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaida
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Maiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Kenkichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uozumi
authors.forename: Naofumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Syunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arikawa
authors.forename: Naofumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayabuchi
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18