Asymptomatic chronic suppurative cholecystitis and peritonitis mimicking metastasis by 18F-FDG PET/CT scan during sigmoid colon cancer surveillance

Abstract

The study describes an unusual case that a patient with previous history of adenocarcinoma of sigmoid colon who has developed chronic suppurative cholecystitis and peritonitis was misdiagnosed as metastasis. This case is presented to illustrate the importance of considering benign etiologies that may mimic metastatic disease when interpreting positron emmision tomography (PET)/CT scans.