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A Rare Hernia Mimicking Implant in a Patient with Rectal Adenocarcinoma: Internal Herniation
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VOLUME: 32 ISSUE: 1
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February 2023

A Rare Hernia Mimicking Implant in a Patient with Rectal Adenocarcinoma: Internal Herniation

Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2023;32(1):87-89
Sibel Göksel 1
Mustafa Başaran 2
Hasan Gündoğdu 2
Cengiz Karaçin 3
1. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rize, Turkey
2. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Rize, Turkey
3. Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Medical Oncology, Ankara, Turkey
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Received Date: 03.07.2022
Accepted Date: 15.09.2022
Publish Date: 23.02.2023
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ABSTRACT

Internal herniation may be seen more frequently in patients with intra-abdominal surgery and malignancy history. We presented a 58-year-old male patient diagnosed with rectal adenocarcinoma seven years ago with a history of surgery and pelvic radiotherapy. When the abdominal computed tomography (CT) image was taken during routine oncology follow-up, a lesion mimicking a serosal implant on the anterior abdominal wall was detected. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT imaging was performed the suspicion of recurrence. It was concluded that the lesion, which was evaluated as an implant in abdominal CT with 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging, was a spontaneously reducing internal herniation. 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging in cancer patients is crucial in illuminating the suspicion of recurrent lesions in these patients and sheds light on the course of the patients in oncology practice.

Keywords:
Internal hernia, mimicking implant, 18F-FDG PET/CT, rectal adenocarcinoma

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