Acute Portal Vein Thrombosis: an Important Mimic of Malignancy on FDG PET/CT

Overview

Journal BMJ Case Rep

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2012 Jun 9

PMID 22679156

Citations 3

Authors

Gordon W Cowell

Laura K Thomson

Michael Digby

Fat Wui Poon

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Abstract

The authors report a case of portal vein thrombosis, with no underlying malignant cause identified, which was initially detected by fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT (FDG PET/CT) and subsequently confirmed by both contrast enhanced CT and MRI. The multimodality imaging findings are outlined, the potential clinical implications discussed and note made of the possible FDG PET/CT mimics of this disorder.

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