Incidental Finding of Acute Appendicitis on FDG PET/CT in Breast Carcinoma
The interpretation of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) scans can be confounded by incidental findings, as illustrated in this case of a 47-year-old woman with a history of breast carcinoma. Following neoadjuvant chemotherapy and mastectomy, she underwent FDG PET/CT for disease evaluation, revealing unexpected hypermetabolic activity in the right iliac fossa corresponding to acute appendicitis. Thus, FDG PET/CT has the potential to uncover treatable conditions beyond cancer and imaging findings need clinical correlation.
Authors
- Yogita Khandelwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-0750)
- Madhavi Tripathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1033-1690)
- NishikantAvinash Damle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3870-4500)
- Chandrasekhar Bal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6219-6609)
- Bela Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6846-8537)
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_68_24
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25