Incidental finding of silent appendicitis on (18)F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with small cell lung adenocarcinoma

We report the incidental diagnosis of acute asymptomatic appendicitis on a fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) performed for staging of a non small cell lung carcinoma. The patient was asymptomatic and laboratory tests were normal....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Hellenic journal of nuclear medicine 2016-05, Vol.19 (2), p.164-166
Hauptverfasser:	Bourgeois, Sophie, Van Den Berghe, Ivo, De Geeter, Frank
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma - complications Adenocarcinoma of Lung Appendicitis - complications Appendicitis - diagnosis Appendicitis - diagnostic imaging Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Humans Incidental Findings Lung Neoplasms - complications Male Middle Aged Multimodal Imaging Positron-Emission Tomography Small Cell Lung Carcinoma - complications Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	We report the incidental diagnosis of acute asymptomatic appendicitis on a fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) performed for staging of a non small cell lung carcinoma. The patient was asymptomatic and laboratory tests were normal. The case illustrates: a) the possibility to diagnose appendicitis on (18)F-FDG PET/CT and b) the possibility of silent acute appendicitis, although this is a rare occurrence.
ISSN:	1790-5427
DOI:	10.1967/s002449910372