| Literature DB >> 26396639 |
Punit Sharma1, Piyali Chatterjee1.
Abstract
Late port site metastasis of gall bladder carcinoma (GBC) after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a rare finding. Rarer still is such a presentation where the GBC remained occult at histopathology. (18)F-flurodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) can play an important role in this setting by supporting the diagnosis of port site metastasis, by demonstrating additional sites of metastasis, if any, and by ruling out any other primary site. We here present two such patients with late port site metastasis of occult GBC after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis and discuss the role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in this setting.Entities:
Keywords: 18F-FDG; Gall bladder carcinoma; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; PET/CT; Port site metastasis
Year: 2014 PMID: 26396639 PMCID: PMC4571671 DOI: 10.1007/s13139-014-0294-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucl Med Mol Imaging ISSN: 1869-3474