title: F-18 FDG PET-CT imaging of intestinal metastasis from primary lung cancer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Gi Jeong
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Cheon
authors.forename: Sang Moo
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Cheol Hyeon
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Cheol
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18