Extensive skeletal muscle uptake of 18F-FDG: relation to immunosuppressants?
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.
Groves
Ashley M
AM
Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Cheow
Heok K
HK
Win
Thida
T
Balan
Kottekkattu K
KK
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000494:pharmacology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid; D016559:Tacrolimus