title: Fasciola Hepatica Mimicking Malignancy on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography.
abstract: A 48-year-old female with complaints of gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, fatigue, vomiting, nausea, and weight loss was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumor after removal of a 2 mm lesion from the stomach with endoscopic biopsy. Her magnetic resonance imaging that was performed due to on-going symptoms showed multiple linear hypointense lesions in the liver. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan was performed for differential diagnosis, which showed high fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in these lesions. Clinical and laboratory findings revealed the final diagnosis as Fasciola hepatica. The imaging features of this case is presented to aid in differentiating this infectious disease from malignancy and avoid misdiagnosis on FDG-PET/CT.
authors.affiliation: Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Van, Turkey, Phone: +90 553 608 10 95 E-mail: surucuerdem@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sürücü
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Ahmet C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Dülger
authors.forename: Abdüssamed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Batur
authors.forename: Şehmus
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Ölmez
authors.forename: Mehmet T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kitapçı