Author/Authors :
Koç, Zehra Pınar Mersin University Faculty of Medicine - Department of Nuclear Medicine - Mersin, Turkey , Özcan, Pınar Pelin Mersin University Faculty of Medicine - Department of Nuclear Medicine - Mersin, Turkey , Turgutalp, Kenan Mersin University Faculty of Medicine - Department of Nephrology - Mersin, Turkey , Esen, Kaan Mersin University Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radiology - Mersin, Turkey , Kara, Tuğba Mersin University Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pathology - Mersin, Turkey
Abstract :
A 23-year-old male patient who presented with impaired kidney function tests attended to hospital for hemodialysis and underwent 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) examination for the metabolic characterization of the intra-abdominal mass which was found in the ultrasonography. 18F-FDG PET/CT revealed a mass lesion adjacent to the liver which was hypermetabolic and the pathology of the lesion was determined as amyloidosis. To the best of our knowledge, the case with 18F-FDG PET/CT images of a huge amyloid mass is the first in the literature.
