Herniation pit mimicking osseous metastasis on 18F-FDG PET/CT in patient with lung cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Jul;37(7):682-3. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182443baf.

Abstract

Herniation pits are small subcortical osseous defects located typically at the proximal anterosuperior quadrant of the femoral neck that are most frequently seen in the young, athletic adult population. We report a case with herniation pit showing focal 18F-FDG uptake on PET/CT images mimicking osseous metastasis in a 69-year-old patient with lung cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bone and Bones / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18