title: Undescended testis in inguinal canal detected incidentally on fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT imaging.
abstract: The differential diagnosis at the inguinal region is very important for hypermetabolic foci because of the possibility of metastasis at this level in cancer patients ongoing PET imaging for detection of metastases. It is important to distinguish this activity from other possible malignant and benign conditions such as lymph node activity, testicular cancer, metastatic disease activity, inflammation and urine skin contamination artefact. A 66-year-old male patient with operated colon cancer and liver metastasis was referred for PET/CT examination for re-staging because of suspicious metastases. Findings of PET/CT imaging with undescended testis detected incidentally was presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Selcuk University Selcuklu Medical School, Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey. ppelinozcan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Pelin Ozcan
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Bugra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Gonca Kara
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Gedik
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sari
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Varoglu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019298:Glucose-6-Phosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: C047515:2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate; D019298:Glucose-6-Phosphate