F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in a solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas mimicking malignancy

Clin Nucl Med. 2008 Nov;33(11):766-8. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318187f0f0.

Abstract

Solid pseudopapillary tumors (SPTs), predominantly affecting young women, are rare pancreatic tumors. It is reported that imaging features of SPT are solid and cystic components, and there is intratumoral hemorrhage and calcification. However, findings of positron emission tomography (PET) using F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) with pathologic correlation have not been fully evaluated. We present a case of SPT that mimicked malignancy on FDG-PET.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / pathology
  • Adolescent
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / pharmacokinetics*
  • Humans
  • Pancreatic Cyst / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Cyst / pathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18