An unexpected abdominal 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on positron emission tomography (PET) in a patient with limited stage small cell lung cancer

J Thorac Oncol. 2008 Feb;3(2):174-6. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318162336b.

Abstract

We report the case of an unexpected 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-avid lesion in the right lower abdomen in a patient with otherwise "very limited" (T1N0) small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Additional imaging and endoscopic studies showed no abnormality. The patient was treated for presumed very limited disease SCLC, with resection, adjuvant chemotherapy, and prophylactic brain irradiation. Follow-up fusion positron emission tomography-computed tomography revealed an unusual SCLC complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Appendiceal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Appendiceal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Appendiceal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / secondary
  • Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18