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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Schwarz, Esther I
• Ramach, Constanze
• Mende, Katja A
• Strobel, Klaus

Titel

Physiologic FDG Uptake in the Ovary Together With an Abdominal Wall Leiomyoma Mimicking Metastasizing Ovarian Cancer on PET/CT Imaging

Ist Teil von

• Clinical nuclear medicine, 2009-04, Vol.34 (4), p.249-250

Ort / Verlag

United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET-CT is increasingly used in the management of patients with ovarian cancer. However, there is a considerable overlap in the imaging features of malignant and benign ovarian lesions because physiological FDG-uptake in the ovaries can occur, depending on the menstrual cycle in premenopausal women.We present a case of FDG uptake in the ovary co-occurring with an intensely FDG active tumor of the abdominal wall in a 44-year-old woman. PET-CT findings, together with medical history, raised the suspicion for a metastasizing ovarian cancer. However, histologic examination demonstrated benign findings, namely abdominal wall leiomyoma and an ovarian follicular cyst.