title: High 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake in Adrenal Angiomyolipoma: Case Report and Review of Literature.
abstract: Adrenal angiomyolipoma is an extremely rare tumor, although computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging findings of adrenal angiomyolipoma have been reported, there are no reports regarding integrated fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) imaging. We report a case of adrenal angiomyolipoma showing a significantly high uptake of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose on PET/CT study. The maximal standardized uptake value (SUV) of the lesion was 18.8. Adrenal angiomyolipoma can show an intense uptake in FDG-PET/CT, and this can easily be confused with a malignant disease. Adrenal angiomyolipoma should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses in cases of adrenal incidentaloma with intense FDG uptake.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine (WL, HP, LG, JC); Institute of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chong Qing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China (YC).
authors.forename: Wenbo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Youde
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18