title: The 18F-FDG PET/CT finding of a condyloma acuminata mimicking primary anorectal carcinoma in an HIV-infected patient.
abstract: This case report describes a condyloma acuminata with intense FDG uptake mimicking primary anorectal carcinoma in an HIV-infected patient.A 44-year-old HIV-positive homosexual man with a history of lymphoma underwent an 18F-FDG PET/CT for restaging. A focal intense hypermetabolic lesion around the anorectal area was found by the PET/CT and it was suggested as a tumorous lesion. However, the lesion was not detected on the contrast-enhanced abdominal CT. Via a sigmoidoscopy, cauliflower-like masses were visualized in the intra-anal area. The tumor was surgically excised and proven to be condyloma acuminata by permanent pathology.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, 911-1 Mok-Dong, Yangchun-Ku, Seoul 158-710, Korea.
authors.forename: Bom Sahn
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18