Imaging findings in a rare case of extra-articular chondrocalcinosis.
We report the imaging findings in extra-articular chondrocalcinosis in a 53-year-old man with swelling and pain in right scapular area for 1 year. Plain radiography showed a right scapular area calcific mass. The clinical suspicion was of a soft tissue sarcoma. As a part of diagnostic workup, a bone scan and a PET/CT scan were done. Bone scan revealed intense MDP uptake in the right scapular area. FDG PET/CT revealed intense FDG uptake in the mass. The biopsy revealed chondrocalcinosis. This is an addition to our long list of causes of extraosseous uptake of MDP.
Bio-Imaging Unit, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India. drvrangarajan@gmail.com
Archi
A
Agrawal
Nilendu
N
Purandare
Epari
E
Sridhar
Sneha
S
Shah
Sumeet G
SG
Dua
Venkatesh
V
Rangarajan
D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate