title: [Coexistence of hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatic metastasis: advantages of positron emission tomography for liver tumors].
abstract: We report the case of a cirrhotic patient with a hepatocellular carcinoma and a synchronous hepatic metastasis of a colorectal cancer, both visualized on a positron emission tomography (PET) and a CT scanner. We repeat the need for the arterial phase on CT scanner when a possibility of cirrhosis exists, even in the follow-up of a colorectal cancer. We detail the usual pattern of HCC and the present efficacy of the PET in the diagnosis of HCC.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation Médicale, Centre Hospitalier du Mans, 72000 Le Mans. boursierjerome@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boursier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aubé
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pilette
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lassale
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kerkeni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Varache
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed