Colon cancer metastasis to the adrenal gland demonstrated with FDG PET/CT Journal Article
| Authors: | Weng, L. J.; Akhurst, T. |
| Article Title: | Colon cancer metastasis to the adrenal gland demonstrated with FDG PET/CT |
| Abstract: | A patient with synchronous hepatic metastases from colon cancer, treated with IV irinotecan and hepatic artery infusion of floxuridine for 17 cycles was followed with CEA monthly that showed an initial decrease but later increased from 5 to 24. Three monthly CT scans had shown only regressing liver lesions. An FDG PET/CT study showed no abnormality in the liver, but an abnormal focus of increased FDG uptake was noted in the right adrenal gland (SUV maximum, 6.1). Right adrenalectomy revealed a 1.5-cm metastatic adenocarcinoma and led to a fall in CEA. |
| Keywords: | cancer chemotherapy; cancer surgery; case report; cancer patient; positron emission tomography; follow up; radiopharmaceuticals; adenocarcinoma; computer assisted tomography; carcinoembryonic antigen; colonic neoplasms; tomography, x-ray computed; diagnostic imaging; irinotecan; imaging system; liver metastasis; cancer regression; colon cancer; fluorodeoxyglucose f18; floxuridine; cancer scintiscanning; ct; fluorodeoxyglucose; infusion; hepatic artery; adrenal gland neoplasms; tomography, emission-computed; adrenal metastasis; adrenalectomy; fdg pet; humans; human; article; adrenal gland metastasis |
| Journal Title: | Clinical Nuclear Medicine |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| ISSN: | 0363-9762 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Date Published: | 2004-07-01 |
| Start Page: | 444 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.rlu.0000129127.57443.f6 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 15192471 |
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| Notes: | Clin. Nucl. Med. -- Cited By (since 1996):3 -- Export Date: 16 June 2014 -- CODEN: CNMED -- Source: Scopus |
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