title: PET/CT F-18 FDG scan accurately identifies osteoporotic fractures in a patient with known metastatic colorectal cancer.
abstract: Positron emissions tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan has been used in many types of cancer to characterize the extent of disease as well as to identify the presence of metastases. However, the utility of PET/CT in patients with both cancer and osteoporosis is less well delineated. In this case, a patient with known metastatic colorectal cancer who was investigated by many forms of conventional imaging for back and pelvic pain was found to have osteoporotic fractures using PET/CT. At the same time malignant disease was excluded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers, Saint Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011, USA.
authors.forename: Jed A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Katzel
authors.forename: Sherif I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Heiba
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18