Acute portal vein thrombosis: an important mimic of malignancy on FDG PET/CT.
The authors report a case of portal vein thrombosis, with no underlying malignant cause identified, which was initially detected by fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT (FDG PET/CT) and subsequently confirmed by both contrast enhanced CT and MRI. The multimodality imaging findings are outlined, the potential clinical implications discussed and note made of the possible FDG PET/CT mimics of this disorder.
Department of Radiology, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, UK. gordoncowell@nhs.net
Gordon W
GW
Cowell
Laura K
LK
Thomson
Michael
M
Digby
Fat Wui
FW
Poon
D000208:Acute Disease; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D003287:Contrast Media