Combined increased and decreased skeletal uptake of F-18 FDG

Clin Nucl Med. 2006 Sep;31(9):520-2. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000233080.16944.a4.

Abstract

Increased uptake of F-18 FDG is the general mainstay of diagnosis, because it indicates hypermetabolic foci of pathology. This case, describing a patient with relapsing lymphoma, represents the diagnostic dilemmas of both locally decreased and diffusely increased uptake in the skeleton.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow / metabolism
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bone and Bones / metabolism*
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes / pharmacokinetics
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18* / pharmacokinetics
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Lymphoma / diagnosis
  • Lymphoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Radiopharmaceuticals* / pharmacokinetics
  • Recurrence
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / metabolism
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18