title: Incidental Finding of Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma in F-18 FDG PET/CT for Health Screening.
abstract: F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) that simultaneously offers anatomic and metabolic information is widely used and has become an effective modality in many clinical fields, especially oncology, and also may detect an unexpected primary cancer. Appendiceal carcinoma is relatively uncommon and not associated with characteristic symptoms. We report the case of a 53-year-old man with appendiceal adenocarcinoma, who had only mild fever. The tumor was detected early on F-18 FDG PET/CT for health screening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, 3056-6, Daemyung 4-Dong, Nam-Gu, Daegu, 705-718 Korea.
authors.forename: Duck-Soo
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, 3056-6, Daemyung 4-Dong, Nam-Gu, Daegu, 705-718 Korea.
authors.forename: Sungmin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, 3056-6, Daemyung 4-Dong, Nam-Gu, Daegu, 705-718 Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Bok
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Park
keywords: Appendiceal adenocarcinoma; F-18 FDG PET/CT; Health screening