title: Extensive tumor thrombus of hepatocellular carcinoma in the entire portal venous system detected on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography.
abstract: Detection of thrombus is usually an incidental finding on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography studies. Nevertheless this is an important finding in terms of disease prognostication and in planning the treatment strategy. We herein report a case of a 50-years-old male, a diagnosed case of hepatocellular carcinoma with extensive hypermetabolic thrombus involving the entire portal venous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Archi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Nilendu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Purandare
authors.forename: Sneha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Ameya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Puranik
authors.forename: Venkatesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rangarajan
keywords: Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography; hepatocellular carcinoma; portal vein thrombus; tumor thrombus
references.citation: World J Gastroenterol. 2008 Feb 28;14(8):1212-7
references.pmid: 18300346
references.citation: Radiology. 2010 Jan;254(1):154-62
references.pmid: 20032150
references.citation: World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Sep 7;13(33):4529-32
references.pmid: 17724816
references.citation: Cancer. 1983 Mar 1;51(5):863-77
references.pmid: 6295617
references.citation: Am J Gastroenterol. 1994 Jul;89(7):1099-102
references.pmid: 8017372
references.citation: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Dec;193(6):W530-9
references.pmid: 19933628
references.citation: Br J Radiol. 2005 Sep;78(933):841-4
references.pmid: 16110108
references.citation: Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Nov;52(11):3290-5
references.pmid: 17394062
references.citation: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1997 Mar;168(3):719-23
references.pmid: 9057522
references.citation: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 May;188(5):1320-3
references.pmid: 17449777
references.citation: Hell J Nucl Med. 2009 Jan-Apr;12(1):66-7
references.pmid: 19330189