@article{6db76a22fde64e2fa232e67fccb57db4,
title = "Artifactual Hepatic Metastasis on FDG PET/CT Secondary to Cryoablation for Adrenal Metastasis",
abstract = "A 65-year-old woman with metastatic lung cancer was referred for CT-guided cryoablation of a right adrenal metastasis. For cryoablation, probes were placed into the adrenal region. FDG PET/CT 3 months later showed new activity in hepatic segment 6 initially suspected to be metastasis. Proximity of the hepatic lesion to the adrenal metastasis was a strange coincidence and prompted review of imaging from the cryoablation. CT showed the probe entered the liver, and postablation image demonstrated injury to the liver adjacent to the adrenal metastasis. Careful review of treatment history and imaging from ablation procedures are important to avoid this pitfall.",
keywords = "FDG PET/CT, artifact, cryoablation",
author = "Joseph Frankl and Naghmehossadat Eshghi and Lundeen, {Tamara F.} and Kuo, {Phillip H.}",
note = "Funding Information: Received for publication September 12, 2017; revision accepted November 3, 2017. From the *College of Medicine and Departments of †Medical Imaging and ‡Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: P.H.K. has consulted for and received grants from GE Healthcare. No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Correspondence to: Joseph Frankl, BS, 1501 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85724. E-mail: jfrankl@email.arizona.edu. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN: 0363-9762/18/4302–0e46 DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001917 Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1097/RLU.0000000000001917",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "43",
pages = "e46--e47",
journal = "Clinical Nuclear Medicine",
issn = "0363-9762",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "2",
}