Multiple liver amoebic abscesses detected on FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Jan;39(1):79-80. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31828e98ad.

Abstract

We report a case of liver amoebic abscesses in a 58-year-old man referred for a FDG PET/CT with an initial diagnosis of secondary hepatic lesions. This patient, coming from Sri Lanka, presented with fever and shivers, pain in the right flank, vomiting, and diarrhea for a month. The FDG PET/CT showed a hepatic heterogeneous uptake with multiple cold lesions surrounded by a faint hypermetabolism. As this result was not typical of hepatic metastases, a hepatic biopsy was performed leading to the diagnosis of amoebic abscess.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18