FDG uptake in a rheumatoid nodule with imaging appearance similar to a malignant soft tissue tumor.
Partial-body F-18 FDG PET/CT was performed in a 40-year-old woman with a soft tissue tumor at the left elbow. She had rheumatoid arthritis for several years. PET/CT showed moderate FDG uptake (SUV max. 4.2) in the known soft tissue lesion. The tumor was resected and histology revealed rheumatoid granulomas with bursitis.
Strobel
Klaus
K
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
von Hochstetter
Arthur R
AR
Exner
Ulrich G
UG
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012218:Rheumatoid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18