title: Incidental detection of pigmented villonodular synovitis on FDG PET.
abstract: 18 Fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been used extensively in positron emission tomographic (PET) imaging for oncology. FDG is a glucose analog demonstrating enhanced uptake in the majority of malignant as well as granulomatous lesions. Although a few cases of pigmented villonodular synovitis using bone scanning agents Tl-201 chloride, Ga-67 citrate, and Tc-99m pentavalent dimercaptosuccinic acid have been published, to our knowledge FDG PET imaging of pigmented villonodular synovitis has not.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Mehmet T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kitapci
authors.forename: R Edward
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D001415:Back / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18