title: 18F-FDG PET imaging in a patient with late omental infarction after treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
abstract: We report a case of late omental infarction visualized by F-FDG PET/CT during follow-up for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The 65-year-old patient was referred for imaging 8 months after pancreaticoduodenectomy and 2 months after completion of a course of chemotherapy. PET/CT showed an FDG-avid omental lesion that suggested peritoneal carcinomatosis. The appearance and evolution at follow-up studies confirmed the diagnosis of omental infarction, a rare complication of pancreatic surgery. This case revealed the possibility of late FDG uptake in omental infarction.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Orléans Hospital Center, Orléans, France.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chassagnon
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Metrard
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Besse
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gauvain
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18