Peliosis Hepatis Simulating Metastatic Liver Disease on FDG PET/CT

Daniel Levin; Nir Hod; Reut Anconina; Dina Ezroh Kazap; Ruthy Shaco-Levy; Sophie Lantsberg

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000002114

Peliosis Hepatis Simulating Metastatic Liver Disease on FDG PET/CT

Daniel Levin, Nir Hod, Reut Anconina, Dina Ezroh Kazap, Ruthy Shaco-Levy, Sophie Lantsberg

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Abstract

A 20-year-old man with gastrointestinal symptoms and weight loss underwent FDG PET/CT, which revealed multiple hypermetabolic hepatic lesions concerning for metastatic liver disease. The outcome of liver biopsy was consistent with the diagnosis of peliosis hepatis which is a rare benign disease characterized by multiple blood-filled cystic spaces in the hepatic parenchyma. The findings of peliosis on FDG PET/CT are not well reported in the literature. These interesting images emphasize the importance of including peliosis hepatis in the differential diagnosis of multiple hypermetabolic hepatic lesions on FDG PET/CT, which could simulate malignancy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e234-e236
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	43
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000002114
State	Published - 1 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

FDG PET/CT
Peliosis hepatis
hepatic metastases
multifocal hypermetabolic lesions
simulating

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Peliosis Hepatis Simulating Metastatic Liver Disease on FDG PET/CT

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