Nucl Med Mol Imaging.  2008 Jun;42(3):246-248.

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

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Dankook College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
  • 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jaeskim@amc.seoul.kr

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.

Keyword

angiomyolipoma; liver; C-11 acetate; F-18 FDG; PET

MeSH Terms

Adipocytes
Angiomyolipoma
Blood Vessels
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Liver
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle
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