Combined increased and decreased skeletal uptake of F-18 FDG.
Increased uptake of F-18 FDG is the general mainstay of diagnosis, because it indicates hypermetabolic foci of pathology. This case, describing a patient with relapsing lymphoma, represents the diagnostic dilemmas of both locally decreased and diffusely increased uptake in the skeleton.
Goshen
Elinor
E
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. egoshen@sheba.health.gov.il
Davidson
Tima
T
Yeshurun
Moshe
M
Zwas
S Tzila
ST
D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012008:Recurrence; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000378:metabolism; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18