Diagnosis of aseptic deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity in a cancer patient using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (FDG PET/CT).
We describe a patient with a history of recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and abnormal FDG uptake in the left arm during a re-staging FDG PET/CT. After revision of the patient's clinical history, tests and physical exam, the abnormal FDG uptake was found to correspond to an extensive aseptic deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity.
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Stanford University Medical Center, Nuclear Medicine Division, Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, USA. carina.mari@radiology.ucsf.edu
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D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18