title: PET/CT appearance of appendiceal adenocarcinoma.
abstract: Appendiceal cancer is rare and is associated with a poor prognosis because it is usually found at an advanced stage. We report the case of a 58-year-old man with appendiceal adenocarcinoma, who complained of right lower abdominal malaise for a couple of months. The tumor was detected early on contrast-enhanced computed tomography and F-18 FDG PET/CT. It appeared as an obvious enhancement and intense abnormal tracer uptake focus in front of the right psoas major, which was easily misinterpreted as an enlarged lymph node.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tangshan Municipal Worker's Hospital, Hebei, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chun-Jiang
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.forename: Ya-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18