title: Intermittent FDG uptake in lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum on serial PET/CT scans.
abstract: We present a unique case of a patient with a clinical history of distal esophageal carcinoma and CT appearance of lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum who displayed fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the interatrial septal fat on only the second of 4 serial PET/CT studies. As PET/CT scans are used for the initial staging of esophageal carcinoma, one should not mistake more benign causes of mediastinal uptake for metastasis when observing an intermittent pattern of uptake on a PET/CT scan.
authors: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11219, USA. gperry@optonline.net
authors: Perry S
authors: PS
authors: Gerard
authors: Howard
authors: H
authors: Finestone
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Lazzaro
authors: Matthew D
authors: MD
authors: Geller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000378:metabolism*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18