Transposed ovary mimicking a peritoneal implant on FDG PET/CT in a patient with carcinoma of the rectum

Ovarian transposition is a procedure to preserve ovarian function by placing the ovaries outside the radiation field of pelvic radiation therapy for gynaecological malignancies in young women. However, this procedure is less commonly performed in rectal cancer.

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Published in:European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2014-08, Vol.41 (8), p.1642-1643
Main Authors: Agrawal, Kanhaiyalal, Sajjan, Rakesh S., Saad, Ziauddin Zia, Groves, Ashley, Bomanji, Jamshed, Syed, Rizwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Carcinoma - diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma - pathology
Cardiology
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Image of the Month
Imaging
Medical imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Multimodal Imaging
Nuclear Medicine
Oncology
Orthopedics
Ovary - diagnostic imaging
Ovary - surgery
Peritoneal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Peritoneal Neoplasms - secondary
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiology
Radiopharmaceuticals
Surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Ovarian transposition is a procedure to preserve ovarian function by placing the ovaries outside the radiation field of pelvic radiation therapy for gynaecological malignancies in young women. However, this procedure is less commonly performed in rectal cancer.
ISSN:1619-7070
1619-7089
DOI:10.1007/s00259-014-2767-x