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
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- 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
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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.