RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Uncommon congenital abnormalities and PET-CT imaging
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 1030
OP 1030
VO 50
IS supplement 2
A1 Ho, Linh
A1 Wassef, Heidi
A1 Shim, John
A1 Seto, John
A1 Henderson, Robert
A1 Conti, Peter
YR 2009
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/50/supplement_2/1030.abstract
AB 1030 Learning Objectives There has been increasing utilization of PET-CT in patient management due to the increased diagnostic accuracy that hardware fused PET-CT affords compared to CT or PET alone. Some of these studies uncover unexpected findings. We present several cases of uncommon congenital anomalies discovered incidentally on PET-CT. Correct identification of these congenital anomalies is important to avoid misdiagnosis and unnecessary diagnostic studies and to alert the surgeon when the findings could alter the surgical approach. Summary: Review of these cases will help the nuclear physician increase his level of diagnostic confidence when encountering unexpected congenital anomalies on PET-CT.