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Murine Appendectomy Model of Chronic Colitis Associated Colorectal Cancer by Precise Localization of Caecal Patch
Published on: August 24, 2019
PET/CT appearance of appendiceal adenocarcinoma
Chun-Jiang Dang1, Ya-Jun Li, Wei Li
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tangshan Municipal Worker's Hospital, Hebei, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Appendiceal cancer is rare and is associated with a poor prognosis because it is usually found at an advanced stage. We report the case of a 58-year-old man with appendiceal adenocarcinoma, who complained of right lower abdominal malaise for a couple of months. The tumor was detected early on contrast-enhanced computed tomography and F-18 FDG PET/CT. It appeared as an obvious enhancement and intense abnormal tracer uptake focus in front of the right psoas major, which was easily misinterpreted as an enlarged lymph node.
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