A Case of Oral Metastasis From Hepatocellular Carcinoma Displayed on 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Jan;41(1):72-3. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000941.

Abstract

A 65-year-old man was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma 4 years ago, for which he underwent interventional therapy and radiofrequency ablation after the right lobe partial hepatectomy. He was doing well, and an FDG PET/CT scan performed 1 year earlier did not reveal any hypermetabolic lesions. However, on recent examination, a soft tissue mass inside the oral cavity was found. 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging was performed to evaluate the possible metastasis. The images showed that the oral lesion was hypermetabolic. The pathology after biopsy confirmed oral metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Mouth Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mouth Neoplasms / secondary
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18