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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soroush Seifirad, M.D.[2]

Overview

There are no other imaging findings associated with [disease name].

OR

[Imaging modality] may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings on an [imaging modality] suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].

Other Imaging Findings

There are no other imaging findings associated with [disease name].

OR

[Imaging modality] may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings on an [imaging modality] suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include:

• [Finding 1]
• [Finding 2]
• [Finding 3]

• Appendix cancer may also be diagnosed using the following diagnostic studies:

• Somatostatin scintigraphy with 111-indium-octreotide
• Bone scintigraphy with 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (99mTcMDP)
• Capsule endoscopy
• Enteroscopy
• Positron emission tomography (PET)

Appendiceal adenocarcinoma complicated by retroperitoneal abscess. Post-operative PET-CT scan shows high uptake posterior to the cecum, suspicious for residual tumor and/or peritoneal carcinomatosis. Case courtesy of Dr Francis Fortin, <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/">Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/cases/58007">rID: 58007</a>