Abstract
Pancreatic exocrine carcinoma (PEC) is a lethal malignancy with high mortality rates because of its aggressive nature and frequent late-stage diagnosis. When histopathological diagnosis becomes unfeasible because of patient deterioration, clinicians must rely on clinical, biochemical, and radiological findings. This case report describes a 78-year-old woman with aggressive PEC visualized through 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography. The imaging revealed an intensely hypermetabolic head mass, hepatic superscan, and hypermetabolic abdominal lymphadenopathy. Despite strong clinical indicators suggesting stage IV PEC, rapid disease progression and patient demise precluded histopathological confirmation, emphasizing the poor prognosis associated with hepatic superscan in this context.
Keywords:
Pancreatic carcinoma, hepatic superscan, fulminant metastasis, 18F-FDG, PET/CT
Ethic
Informed Consent: The patient consent was obtained.
Authorship Contributions
Surgical and Medical Practices: D.A., M.J., A.A., Concept: D.A., M.J., A.A., Design: D.A., M.J., A.A., Data Collection or Processing: D.A., M.J., A.A., Analysis or Interpretation: D.A., A.A., Literature Search: M.J., A.A., Writing: D.A., A.A.
Conflict of Interest: No conflicts of interest were declared by the authors.
Financial Disclosure: The authors declare that this study has received no financial support.
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