Open AccessCase Report: 18F-FDG PET/CT in Nonfunctioning Adrenocortical Carcinoma Relapse
Author(s) -
А. А. Мартинович,
А. И. Михайлов,
Н. А. Мещерякова,
Mikhail Dolgushin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
onkologičeskij žurnal: lučevaâ diagnostika, lučevaâ terapiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-167X
pISSN - 2587-7593
DOI - 10.37174/2587-7593-2020-3-1-79-85
Subject(s) - adrenocortical carcinoma , medicine , malignancy , adrenalectomy , radiology , metastasis , distant metastasis , positron emission tomography , incidentaloma , cancer , nuclear medicine , pathology
Case report of adrenocortical carcinoma recurrence after adrenalectomy and combined treatment. We report the case of a 46 year old man with silent adrenal mass. Imaging showed a large left adrenal mass with no evidence of distant metastasis. Complete surgical excision of the tumor was performed. After 5 years after surgical treatment, a local relapse of the disease was detected according to the results of CT, followed by PET/ CT with 18F-FDG — no evidence of distant metastases were detected. After complex treatment metastases were diagnosed by follow up PET/CT. This case report demonstrates possibilities of PET/CT with 18F-FDG in determination of adrenal mass malignancy and in cases of recurrent adrenocortical cancer, in cases of metastatic lesions.