- 진행성 간암 환자에서 편도 전이에 FDG 섭취증가를 보인 예
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- 박정미,김희경,김상균,김영석,Park. Jung-Mi,Kim. Hee-Kyung,Kim. Sang-Gyune,Kim. Young-Seok
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 핵의학 분자영상
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2008년|42권 1호|pp.70-73 (4 pages)
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- 대한핵의학회
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A 65 year-old man with hepatocellulcar carcinoma (HCC) admitted to treat left lower leg swelling and pus discharge suspecting osteomyelitis. MRI of his lower leg revealed the bone metastasis. Whole body FDG PET/CT additionally detected left shoulder and right ilium metastasis. Hematemesis suddenly developed in this patient after 3 weeks. Metastasis of right tonsil was histologically proven. When we reviewed his FDG PET/CT, there was asymmetric mild hypermetabolism in the right tonsil. When focal hypermetabolism is shown in the organ physiologically taking glucose up such as tonsil, we should cautiously assess whole body PET/CT in the examination of distant metastasis. We present a patient with multiple distant metastasis including tonsil from HCC showing increased FDG uptake with the literature review.