title: PET/CT findings in acute gastric anisakiasis.
abstract: Acute gastric anisakiasis is caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked fish containing Anisakis larvae. Although several reports have demonstrated the CT features of acute gastric anisakiasis, little is known about the FDG PET/CT findings. We report a 59-year-old woman who underwent FDG PET/CT and was finally diagnosed as having acute gastric anisakiasis. The PET/CT demonstrated focal FDG accumulation in the fornix of the gastric wall and lymph nodes in the lesser curvature and paraaortic regions.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Clinical Radiology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka; and †Fukuoka Central Health Evaluation and Promotion Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshikai
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isoda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D017129:Anisakiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed