We present the case of a 69-year-old male with chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Chromophobe RCC accounts for only 4% of renal cancers and it is the least aggressive type. Omental nodular deposits due to RCC metastasis are very rare and it is reported only in more aggressive forms of RCC. This is the first report that shows FluoroDeoxyGlucose - Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomgraphy (FDG-PET/CT) images of omental nodular deposits from chromophobe RCC. FDG-PET/CT is becoming very useful in restaging RCC with distant metastases.
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Department of Radiology, San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, California, USA; Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, California, USA.
Reference: J Clin Imaging Sci. 2014 Sep 23;4:51.
doi: 10.4103/2156-7514.141560
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PMID: 25337437