title: Solitary sternal metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT.
abstract: Fluorine-18 fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography (F-18 FDG PET) is not sensitive modality for the diagnosis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, FDG-PET imaging may be useful in the identification of extrahepatic metastases. We report an interesting image of HCC with solitary metastasis to sternum detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Koramadai Karuppusamy
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kamaleshwaran
authors.forename: Raghava
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.forename: Anish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Bhagwant Rai
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Mittal
keywords: F-18 FDG; PET/CT; hepatocellular carcinoma; skeleton metastasis
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