title: Solitary splenic metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma detected on (18)F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: We report a case of solitary splenic metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma detected on F-FDG PET/CT. A 67-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma was referred for F-FDG PET/CT to determine the cause of his elevated serum α-fetoprotein levels after liver segmentectomy and radio-frequency ablation. F-FDG PET/CT imaging showed focal FDG uptake in the spleen, with no other abnormal findings. A splenectomy was performed, and histopathologic examination confirmed the lesion as a metastasis from the hepatocellular carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine and Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Do-Hoon
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Shin Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Sang-Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jaetae
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byeong-Cheol
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18