%0 Journal Article
%T F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Imaging for Diagnosing Ovarian Small Cell Carcinoma of the Hypercalcemic Type
%A Hun Soo Kim
%A Jorge Daniel Oldan
%A Soon-Ah Park
%J Archive of "Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging".
%D 2016
%R 10.1007/s13139-015-0340-6
%X A 19-year-old woman presented with lower abdominal pain. Laboratory results showed elevated levels of ionized calcium, 1.85 mmol/l (1.125¨C1.250 mmol/l), and total calcium, 3.75 mmol/l (2.1¨C2.55 mmol/l), but a low level of parathyroid hormone (PTH), 1.2 ng/l (10¨C57 ng/l). The level of the tumor marker CA-125 was also elevated, measuring 36.3 IU/mL (0¨C21 IU/mL). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen and pelvis revealed the presence of a well-defined, solid, complex adnexal mass (approximately 15£¿¡Á£¿12£¿¡Á£¿9 cm in size). The mass was solid, with an area of heterogeneously decreased signal on T1-weighted images and increased signal on T2-weighted images (Fig. 1), likely representing necrosis and suggesting the tumor was malignant
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762862/