Nucl Med Mol Imaging.  2007 Oct;41(5):373-376.

A Case of Gastric Adenoma Incidentally Found on PET-CT

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Kwangmyoung Sung Ae Hospital, Gyounggido, Korea.
  • 2Department of Internal Medicine, Sung Ae Hospital, Seoul, Korea. drkong2001@naver.com
  • 3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sung Ae Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  • 4Department of Internal medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

We report a case of gastric adenoma which was found incidentally on 18F-FDG PET/CT study for cancer screening in asymptomatic patient. It showed focal and intensely increased FDG uptake in the antrum of stomach. On the gastroduodenoscopy, it showed flat elevated lesion with irregular margin. Histologically, the lesion was confirmed gastric adenoma with high grade dysplasia and removed by endoscopic mucosal resection.

Keyword

18F-FDG PET/CT; FDG uptake; gastric adenoma

MeSH Terms

Adenoma*
Early Detection of Cancer
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography
Stomach
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
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