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18F-FDG-PET CT Features of Colo-Colic Intussusceptions in Patient with Colonic Carcinoma

Fathinul Fikri, A. S., Noraini Sarina, A., Shahrin, S. and Abdul Jalil, N.

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 24, Issue 2, July 2016

Keywords: Colonic carcinoma, synchronous tumour, adult intussusception, colo-colonic intussusceptions, FDG PET-CT

Published on: 12 June 2016

Colo-colic intussusception is a rare manifestation of a primary tumour in an adult patient. This article aims to document the rarity of colo-colic intussusception features on the 18 FDG- PET-CT in a patient with primary colonic carcinoma. An 18 FDG-PET-CT was performed for the purpose of pretreatment staging of a colonic carcinoma in a 61-year-old man following a diagnostic colosnoscopic biopsy. He presented with abdominal distension and peri-rectal bleeding for a month. The fused 18 F-FDG PET-CT image revealed an FDG-avid mass in the left hemicolon showing a rim of FDG avidity denoting the head of intussusceptum. There are also multiple FDG-avid nodules seen along the anti-mesenteric colonic fat suspicious for lymph nodes metastasis. Debulking of tumour revealed a mucinous adenocarcinoma of colon with a metastatic lymph node. 18 FDG PET-CT features of intussusception in colonic carcinoma have never been described before. It can potentially become a preferred diagnostic tool in delineating a potential tumour mass within the intussusceptions that help improve prognosis in patients with malignancy

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

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JST-0556-2015

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