Intense Increased 18F-FDG Uptake of Masticator Muscles After Cocaine Use

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Nov;45(11):919-920. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003288.

Abstract

F-FDG is the most widely used PET tracer worldwide. Before the examination, recommendations are given to patients to avoid muscular activities, with the goal to limit F-FDG uptake in muscles. Here, we report the case of a 36-year-old man with Hodgkin disease referred to our department to perform an F-FDG PET/CT for immunotherapy assessment. The PET images showed a homogeneous, symmetric, and very intense uptake of the masticatory muscles. The medical examination exhibited a trismus, and the patient revealed to have been using cocaine 15 minutes before injection of F-FDG.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Artifacts
  • Biological Transport / drug effects
  • Cocaine / pharmacology*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / metabolism*
  • Hodgkin Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Hodgkin Disease / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Masticatory Muscles / diagnostic imaging
  • Masticatory Muscles / metabolism*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Cocaine