title: Solitary necrotic nodule with larval infestation in the liver on F-18 FDG PET/CT.
abstract: We present the case of a 64-year-old woman who suffered from occasional right upper abdominal pain for several months. Both abdominal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a hepatic mass of indeterminate nature. F-18 FDG PET/CT showed a solitary hypermetabolic mass in the liver; a malignancy was therefore suspected. Her hepatic tumor was resected; it was a solitary necrotic nodule with larval infestation but no evidence of malignancy.
authors: Nuclear Medicine, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. chenchaojung1975@yahoo.com.tw
authors: Chao-Jung
authors: CJ
authors: Chen
authors: Shih-Cheng
authors: SC
authors: Chou
authors: His-Jung
authors: HJ
authors: Chen
authors: Hong-Yaw
authors: HY
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18