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High F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose accumulation in solid pseudo-papillary tumors of the pancreas

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We report two cases of young women with a solid pseudo-papillary tumor of the pancreas which having cystic and hemorrhagic components with marked calcification on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography revealed abnormally increased accumulation of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose in the pancreas tail tumors, especially in the non-calcified solid portion of the tumors. These patients underwent elective resection of the masses and distal pancreatectomy and were diagnosed with solid pseudo-papillary tumors by histopathological analysis. There was no evidence of distant metastasis on follow-up after surgery and they showed no histopathological findings suggesting malignancy. These cases suggest that solid pseudo-papillary tumor may show high uptake of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, 6528 Koibuchi, 309-1793, Kasama-shi, Ibaraki, JAPAN

    Motohiro Sato, Isao Takasaka, Toshiyuki Okumura & Yasukazu Shioyama

  2. Department ofSurgery, Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, 6528 Koibuchi, 309-1793, Kasama-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

    Hiroshi Kawasaki, Yoshihiro Mise, Yuji Asato & Fuyo Yoshimi

  3. Department ofPathology, Ibaraki Prefectoral Central Hospital, 6528 Koibuchi, 309-1793, Kasama-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

    Jyouji Imura

  4. Department of Radiology, Hitachi General Hospital, 6528 Koibuchi, 309-1793, Kasama-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

    Kotarou Nakajima

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Sato, M., Takasaka, I., Okumura, T. et al. High F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose accumulation in solid pseudo-papillary tumors of the pancreas. Ann Nucl Med 20, 431–436 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03027379

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