title: Syphilitic bone destruction on FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 35-year-old man underwent PET/CT scan to evaluate suspected osseous metastases from a presumed tumor of unknown origin. PET images demonstrated multiple foci of increased FDG uptake in all extremities, corresponding to the osseous destruction on the concurrent CT images. However, no primary tumor was identified. Instead, the bone lesions were subsequently proven due to syphilis infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Area Command, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. 71lu@163.com
authors.forename: Xinlu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jilin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18