18F-FDG PET/CT Findings of Surgically Transposed Ovaries After Radical Hysterectomy in a Young Adult Patient

Hiroki Sakurada; Ryusuke Nakamoto; Yumi Takao; Yusaku Moribata; Chio Okuyama

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000005192

18F-FDG PET/CT Findings of Surgically Transposed Ovaries After Radical Hysterectomy in a Young Adult Patient

Clin Nucl Med. 2024 Apr 1. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005192. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Hiroki Sakurada¹, Ryusuke Nakamoto², Yumi Takao³, Yusaku Moribata⁴, Chio Okuyama⁵

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Radiology, Japanese Red Cross Otsu Hospital, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.
² Preemptive Medicine and Lifestyle Related Disease Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama, Shiga, Japan.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama, Shiga, Japan.
⁵ Clinical Research Center, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama, Shiga, Japan.

PMID: 38557760
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005192

Abstract

A 35-year-old woman underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT 2 months after a radical hysterectomy for uterine cervical cancer. An apparent FDG uptake was observed in an oval-shaped mass with an attached surgical clip in the right paracolic gutter. A similar non-FDG-avid mass with a clip was observed in the left. In this case, ovarian transposition had also been performed with metallic clips placed on both sides of the paracolic gutters. The increased FDG uptake in the right paracolic gutter was interpreted as physiological uptake in the right transposed ovary, not metastasis. Recognizing the possibility of FDG uptake in transposed ovaries is important.