Duodenal metastasis from hepatocelluar carcinoma demonstrated on FDG PET/CT imaging.
It is rare for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to have gastrointestinal metastasis. We report on a 67-year-old man with HCC who was first treated with liver transplantation and then received transcatheter arterial embolization for recurrence in the right hepatic lobe. He underwent whole-body FDG PET/CT imaging for survey, and a FDG-avid lesion was localized in the duodenum. Endoscopic examination revealed an ulcerative tumor in the first portion of the duodenum. Histologic examination determined metastatic HCC.
Hung
Guang-Uei
GU
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang-Bing Show Chwan Hospital, Lukang Zhen, Changhua, Taiwan. 106143@gmail.com
Yeh
Yung-Hsiang
YH
Chen
Yao-Li
YL
Lee
Jong-Kang
JK
D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18