F-18 FDG PET-CT imaging of intestinal metastasis from primary lung cancer.
Intestinal metastasis of lung cancer was diagnosed in a 67-year-old man with palpable masses in the axilla and lower abdomen. F-18 FDG PET/CT showed a large cavitary mass with an SUV of 14.1, which was similar to that of the lung mass, in the left lower quadrant of peritoneal cavity. Intestinal metastasis is rarely found, although symptoms related to the digestive tract are not uncommon in patients with lung cancer. Physicians should be aware of this possibility because a small intestinal metastasis often perforates, leading to life-threatening peritonitis.
Kim
Min Soo
MS
Department of Internal Medicine, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Cheon
Gi Jeong
GJ
Lim
Sang Moo
SM
Kim
Cheol Hyeon
CH
Lee
Jae Cheol
JC
D000368:Aged; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18