Assessment of radiofrequency ablation of lung metastasis from colorectal cancer using dual time-point PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Jul;36(7):603-5. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318217741b.

Abstract

A 70-year-old man with operated colorectal cancer relapsed with a solitary lung metastasis. Dual time-point PET/CT performed at 60' (standard images) and after 2 hours (delayed images) showed focal uptake in the lung nodule. A second uptake in the liver dome was also visualized only in the delayed images. Radiofrequency of the lung metastasis was performed by CT-fluoroscopy guide. A PET/CT 1 month after radiofrequency showed significant reduction of activity in the delayed images, and the uptake at 3 months was virtually normal. A fine-needle biopsy of the liver lesion confirmed the final diagnosis of metastasis from adenocarcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*