Extensive skeletal muscle uptake of 18F-FDG: relation to immunosuppressants?

J Nucl Med Technol. 2004 Dec;32(4):206-8.

Abstract

A case of gross skeletal muscle uptake of 18F-FDG during PET is described. The clinical context of immunosuppression after heart and lung transplantation and the absence of any other known association make the former a likely etiologic factor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Interactions
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / pharmacokinetics*
  • Heart-Lung Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / pharmacology*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / complications
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / diagnostic imaging
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism*
  • Mycophenolic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Mycophenolic Acid / pharmacology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Radiography, Thoracic / methods
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics*
  • Tacrolimus / pharmacology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Mycophenolic Acid
  • Tacrolimus