F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT findings in active hiccups.
A 62-year-old man with nonsmall cell lung cancer presented for a staging F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography and computed tomography. Preimaging assessment determined that the patient had a 2-week history of persistent hiccups. The hiccups were unmanageable and persisted throughout the examination from FDG injection to imaging. Persistent hiccups can be seen in patients with advanced cancer. Characteristic findings on FDG positron emission tomography and computed tomographyare presented here.
Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7115, USA.
C Fitzhugh
CF
Yeatman
Satoshi
S
Minoshima
D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006606:Hiccup / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18