Hypermetabolic Gall Bladder Wall Thickening Mimicking Benign Process: Adenomyomatosis

Year 2024, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 1 - 3, 14.05.2024

Zehra Pınar Koç , Pınar Pelin Özcan , F. Demir Apaydın , Esra Zeynep Coşkunoğlu

https://izlik.org/JA63CL38YE

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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