Hypermetabolic Gall Bladder Wall Thickening Mimicking Benign Process: Adenomyomatosis

Abstract

64 year old female patient who attended hospital for jaundice was referred for F-18 FDG PET-CT to determine malignant biliary obstruction. The imaging showed hypermetabolic thickening of the lateral gall bladder wall which was mimicking adenomyomatosis radiologically. The pathology results revealed gall bladder cancer.

Keywords

• gall bladder
• wall thickening
• adenomyomatosis
• FDG
• PET/CT

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