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¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT Imaging of Metastatic Testicular Choriocarcinoma Mimicking Gastric Cancer which Initial Symptom is Melena

10.4274/mirt.galenos.2020.65668

• Sibel Göksel
• Serkan Akın
• Remzi Adnan Akdoğan
• Sema Rakıcı
• Göksu Yavuz Abdioğlu
• Muhammet Ali Ayvaz

Received Date: 08.01.2019 Accepted Date: 13.10.2020 Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2021;30(1):47-49 PMID: 33586408

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Gastric metastasis of choriocarcinoma is rarely reported in the literature. This case report presents the case of multiple metastatic testicular choriocarcinoma mimicking gastric cancer, with melena as the initial symptom. In this case, ¹⁸fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) showed that the testis was the primary focus. The contribution of PET/CT is significant to primary focus detection in metastatic diseases of unknown primary origin that presented gastrointestinal bleeding. In addition to its use in staging of testicular carcinoma, PET/CT provides significant benefit in evaluating patients with increased levels of tumor markers and in detecting recurrence.

Keywords: Gastric metastasis, melena, testicular choriocarcinoma, 18F-FDG PET/CT

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Informed Consent: Consent form was filled out by all participants.

Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed.

Authorship Contributions

Surgical and Medical Practices: S.G., S.A., R.A.A., S.R., G.Y.A., M.A.A., Concept: S.G., M.A.A., Design: S.G., M.A.A., Data Collection or Processing: S.G., M.A.A., Analysis or Interpretation: S.G, R.A.A., Literature Search: S.G., Writing: S.G.

Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study received no financial support.

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