Foreign Body Perforating the Descending Colon Incidentally Detected on 18 F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2025 Mar 1;50(3):e184-e186. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005609. Epub 2024 Dec 2.

Abstract

A 78-year-old woman was diagnosed having unresectable tongue cancer 6 months ago, for which she received radiation therapy. She was on enteral nutrition for more than 2 months due to dysphagia and underwent an 18 F-FDG PET/CT for restaging. The images showed uptake in a left cervical node. In addition, there was a focal uptake in the descending colon corresponding to a foreign body in its anterior wall, which was removed by colonoscopy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Colon, Descending / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Foreign Bodies* / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Intestinal Perforation / diagnostic imaging
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18