Cholesterol Granuloma Masquerading as Gallbladder Carcinoma on 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Jun;44(6):489-490. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002517.

Abstract

F-FDG PET/CT was performed on a 70-year-old man to stage the newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. A hypermetabolic lesion in the gallbladder fundus was revealed incidentally and suspected for gallbladder carcinoma, but was finally proven to be a cholesterol granuloma by the pathology of cholecystectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Granuloma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18