Identification of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia on 18F-FDG PET/CT.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Acute mesenteric ischemia resulting in bowel necrosis is a surgical emergency. First identification of acute mesenteric ischemia with FDG PET/CT is uncommon, because patients with bowel ischemia are usually diagnosed by other imaging methods such as CT. Nevertheless, prompt imager recognition of the PET/CT findings of mesenteric ischemia and necrosis is critical for proper triage of the patient to potentially lifesaving interventions. We present a 39-year-old woman with portal vein thrombosis who was sent for 18F-FDG PET/CT evaluation of a suspected pancreatic head neoplasm but was unexpectedly found to have ischemic and necrotic small bowel secondary to mesenteric venous infarction.

Medical Subject Headings

Adult; Female; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Humans; Ischemia; Mesenteric Ischemia; Portal Vein; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Publication Title

Clinical nuclear medicine

ISSN

1536-0229

Volume

47

Issue

1

First Page

103

Last Page

103

PubMed ID

34269724

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1097/RLU.0000000000003819

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