Hepatic paragonimiasis revealed by FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2010 Sep;35(9):726-8. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181ea33e5.

Abstract

A 72-year-old asymptomatic man with a hepatic lesion incidentally detected by ultrasonography in routine examination undertook fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography/computed tomography for further evaluation. The images revealed increased FDG activity in the lesion, which was suggestive of malignancy. However, the pathologic examination demonstrated that the lesion was a granuloma caused by Paragonimus westermani, a lung fluke. Although increased FDG activity in the lung due to P. westermani infection is expected and reported previously, such lesion identified in the liver by FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography is unusual.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / parasitology*
  • Male
  • Paragonimiasis / complications*
  • Paragonimiasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Paragonimiasis / parasitology*
  • Paragonimus westermani / physiology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18