title: Paravertebral schwannoma with high uptake of fluorodeoxyglucose on positron emission tomography.
abstract: A paravertebral mass was discovered in a 27-year-old woman, while investigating a painful shoulder and arm. CT, MRI and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) pointed in the direction of a benign mass, but positron emission tomography (PET) showed a high uptake of [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), which was indicative of a malignant lesion. Pathological analysis of the thoracoscopically resected tumour gave us the final diagnosis of a benign schwannoma. This report demonstrates that a high uptake of FDG in a non-malignant mediastinal tumour is possible.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Thoracic and Vascular surgery, University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium. mizzie@skynet.be
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Waele
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carp
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lauwers
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hendriks
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Maeseneer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Schil
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blockx
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18