Situs Inversus Totalis on 18 F-FDG PET/CT: A Case Report and a Literature Review

Frontiers in Medicine

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Xu-Sheng Liu¹  Rui-Min Wu¹  Hua-Bing Wan¹  Yi-Jia Chen¹  Fan Tan¹  Dao-Bing Zeng¹  Yi Yang¹  Zhi-Jun Pei¹ 

[1] Department of Nuclear Medicine and Institute of Anesthesiology and Pain, Taihe Hospital, University of Medicine

关键词: 18 F-FDG;    PET/CT;    small cell lung cancer;    situs inversus totalis;    neuroendocrine carcinoma;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2022.840795

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

A 62-year-old female patient with pathologically confirmed left lung small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. The patient was referred to our positron emission tomography (PET)/CT center to look for possible metastatic diseases. After fasting for 8 h, the fasting blood glucose level of the patient was 7.1 mmol/L. The patient was intravenously injected with a 6.42 mCi (238 MBq) 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) imaging agent. After the patient rested for 1 h, we scanned the patient with SIEMENS Biograph mCT 64 PET/CT camera. In addition to lung tumors and lymph node diseases, abnormal tracer uptake in the patient's thyroid was also found. PET/CT also showed situs inversus totalis of the patient, including the dextrocardia, liver on the left side, stomach, and spleen on the right side of the patient's body. The identification of anatomical variations and abnormalities by PET/CT imaging is very important to develop the best treatment for lung cancer.

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