title: Duodenal metastasis from hepatocelluar carcinoma demonstrated on FDG PET/CT imaging.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang-Bing Show Chwan Hospital, Lukang Zhen, Changhua, Taiwan. 106143@gmail.com
authors.forename: Guang-Uei
authors.initials: GU
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Yung-Hsiang
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Yao-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jong-Kang
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18