Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

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A Case of Hepatic Angiomyolipoma Showing Different Uptake on F-18 FDG and C-11 Acetate PET

F-18 FDG와 C-11 Acetate PET에서 서로 다른 섭취를 보인 간 혈관근육지방종 1예

  • Lee, Jai-Hyuen (Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Dankook College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Seung (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
  • 이재현 (단국의대 핵의학교실) ;
  • 김재승 (울산의대 서울아산병원 핵의학과)
  • Published : 2008.06.30
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Abstract

A hepatic angiomyolipoma is a rare benign tumor mainly composed of blood vessels, smooth muscle cells and fat cells in varying proportion. Hepatic angiomyolipoma is often misdiagnosed as a hepatocellular carcinoma in preoperative imaging work-up. To date, there has been little published data describing PET findings of hepatic angiomyolipoma. We report one case of hepatic angiomyolipoma that showed a high acetate and relatively low FDG uptake on PET images.

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