| Literature DB >> 24900024 |
Han Seok Seo1, Eun Sil Kim2, Soyon Kim1, Su Jin Im1, Yong Hyun Park1, Ju Hyoung Lee1, So Chong Hur1.
Abstract
Urethral metastasis from colorectal cancer is rare and is known to have a poor prognosis. A 72-year-old man with a history of colectomy and colostomy due to sigmoid colon cancer was admitted to the emergency room with bowel distension, rectal bleeding and urinary symptoms. Computed tomography of the abdominopelvis showed sigmoid colon cancer with multiple metastases involving the liver. Positron emission tomography with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) showed multiple hypermetabolic foci in the liver, penis and pubic bone, which otherwise could not be diagnosed. The lesions revealed no improvement with chemotherapy and urological surgery on follow-up F-18 FDG PET/CT. We present a case of urethral metastasis of sigmoid colon cancer diagnostically and prognostically indicated by F-18 FDG PET/CT.Entities:
Keywords: F-18 FDG PET/CT; Sigmoid colon cancer; Urethral metastasis
Year: 2011 PMID: 24900024 PMCID: PMC4043049 DOI: 10.1007/s13139-011-0101-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucl Med Mol Imaging ISSN: 1869-3474