Open AccessFluoro-deoxy-glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Pattern in a Patient with Linitis Plastica of the Stomach Caused by Primary Signet Cell Adenocarcinoma
Author(s) -
Chidambaram Natrajan Balasubramanian Harisankar,
Raghava Kashyap,
Anish Bhattacharya,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1607-3312
pISSN - 1450-1147
DOI - 10.4103/1450-1147.98743
Subject(s) - linitis plastica , medicine , positron emission tomography , adenocarcinoma , signet ring cell carcinoma , stomach , signet ring cell , laparotomy , positron emission tomography computed tomography , radiology , pathology , cancer , nuclear medicine
We report the findings of [18F] fluoro-deoxy-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) performed in a 67-year-old female with suspicion of gastric carcinoma. Intense FDG uptake was noted in the thickened gastric wall. Subsequent laparotomy showed diffuse involvement of the gastric wall by signet ring cell adenocarcinoma. This report highlights FDG PET/CT pattern in linitis plastica of the stomach caused by primary signet cell adenocarcinoma.