18F-FDG-PET/CT of peritoneal tumors: a pictorial essay

Nucl Med Commun. 2017 Jan;38(1):1-9. doi: 10.1097/MNM.0000000000000613.

Abstract

Cancer imaging on the peritoneum is quite difficult on PET/CT because of the particular anatomical features of this membrane. The abdominal cavity can be the seat of very different primary or secondary tumoral lesions, with heterogeneous aggressiveness and variable fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake and patterns. We aimed to depict a spectrum of appearances with abnormal fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptakes localized on the peritoneum in frequent conditions such as peritoneal carcinomatosis and in rarer disease such as desmoplastic round cell tumor.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Mesothelioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / secondary
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
  • Pseudomyxoma Peritonei / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Sarcoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Sarcoma / secondary
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / secondary

Substances

  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18