Nonfunctioning endocrine pancreatic tumor examined with 18F-FDG PET/CT

Nobuyuki Toshikuni; Kyohei Kai; Masayoshi Fujisawa

doi:10.1007/s12149-007-0085-0

Nonfunctioning endocrine pancreatic tumor examined with ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT

Nobuyuki Toshikuni, Kyohei Kai, Masayoshi Fujisawa

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Abstract

A 71-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus complained of generalized fatigue. A 36-mm tumor in the pancreatic tail was detected with ultrasonography. The tumor was found to have marked hypervascularity with contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance. Combined ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and CT ( ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT) showed ¹⁸F-FDG by the tumor with a maximal standardized uptake value of 2.98 at 50 min and 3.29 at 100 min following injection of ¹⁸F-FDG. ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT suggested no extrapancreatic spread of the tumor. The patient had no pancreatic hormone-associated symptoms. Distal pancreatectomy was performed, and a well-differentiated endocrine tumor was diagnosed. The resected specimen showed neither infiltration of adjacent structures nor metastasis to regional lymph nodes. The present case suggests that ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT is a reliable modality for staging endocrine pancreatic tumors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-137
Number of pages	5
Journal	Annals of nuclear medicine
Volume	22
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-007-0085-0
Publication status	Published - Feb 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

F-FDG PET/CT
Nonfunctioning endocrine tumor
Pancreas

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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