title: 11C-Acetate Positron Emission Tomography for Detection of Occult Metastatic Recurrence in Hepatoblastoma.
abstract: Hepatoblastoma is the most common primary liver cancer in the pediatric population. Disease relapse might be occult and difficult to detect. C-acetate positron emission tomography has been applied in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma due to the insensitivity of fluorodeoxyglucose, but data on hepatoblastoma patients have been scarce. We describe the use of C-acetate positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan as a sensitive method in the identification of an occult bony metastatic recurrence in a 6-year-old girl with a history of hepatoblastoma treated with chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital †Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
authors.forename: Anthony Pak-Yin
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ka-Nin
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Queenie Wing-Shan
authors.initials: QW
authors.lastname: See
authors.forename: Godfrey Chi-Fung
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Alan Kwok-Shing
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Chiang
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018197:Hepatoblastoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000737:chemistry; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals