F-18 FDG Uptake in Focal Fatty Infiltration of Liver Mimicking Hepatic Malignancy on PET/CT Images

• DOI: 10.1097/rlu.0b013e3182335f60
• Publication Date: 2011-11-05T10:56:38Z
• Authors: Young Hwan Kim; Ji Young Kim; Sung June Jang; Hyun Woo Chung; Ki-Seok Jang; Seung Sam Paik; Soon-Young Song; Yun Young Choi
• Keywords: Adolescent; Liver Neoplasms; Lipids; Multimodal Imaging; 3. Good health; Diagnosis, Differential; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Liver; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Positron-Emission Tomography; Humans; Female; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Ultrasonography

Hepatic masses detected by ultrasonography and computed tomography in a young woman showed increased radioactivity on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron tomography. Those multiple hepatic lesions were investigated under suspicion of malignancy. Liver enzymes, viral markers, and tumor markers were in normal range. Ultrasonography-guided needle biopsy revealed to be focal fatty infiltration in the liver.