18F-FDG PET/CT of Primary Mediastinal Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma. (April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hu, Na; Tan, Yanlin; Luo, Jiadi; Cheng, Zhen; Wang, Yunhua
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 41:Number 4(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-04
• Subjects: hepatoid adenocarcinoma -- mediastinum -- PET/CT; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001150
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Hepatoid adenocarcinoma is a rare extrahepatic tumor that shows clinicopathologic and morphologic similarities to hepatocellular carcinoma. An FDG PET/CT imaging of primary mediastinal hepatoid adenocarcinoma in a 43-year-old man who had an elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein level was reported in this case. The patient's mediastinal lesion had avid FDG uptake. Hepatoid adenocarcinoma should be considered among the differential diagnoses when an FDG-avid extrahepatic mass is seen in patients with increased alpha-fetoprotein.