FDG-PET in the Erdheim-Chester disease: its diagnostic and follow-up role.
A 62-year-old man presented with diabetes insipidus, pulmonary fibrosis, right atrial tumor and bilateral knee osteoarthritis with cystic lesions of distal femur and proximal tibia. Scintigraphy and histological examination of right femur bone biopsy revealed changes characterized for Paget's disease. Re-evaluation of the computer tomography (CT) scans and histological samples revealed diffuse infiltrates of foamy histiocytes in the bone marrow what was consistent with Erdheim-Chester disease. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) was performed to access the activity and extent of disease.
1st Department of Internal Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia. stenova@faneba.sk
Emőke
E
Steňová
Boris
B
Steňo
Pavol
P
Povinec
František
F
Ondriaš
Jana
J
Rampalová
D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D031249:Erdheim-Chester Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate