Colon Sarcoidosis Mimicking Cancer at 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 May;45(5):387-388. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002996.

Abstract

This 68-year-old woman with a 9-year history of skin sarcoidosis presented with abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea. Following positive occult fecal blood, a diagnosis of ascending colon sarcoidosis was pathologically confirmed after colonoscopy. FDG PET/CT was performed for sarcoid staging, and the ascending colon demonstrated the only focal site of active sarcoidosis (SUVmax = 10).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Colonic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colonoscopy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18