title: False positive 18F-FDG PET/CT due to inflamed concha bullosa.
abstract: A 62-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer was referred for an (18)F-FDG PET/CT scan. She had an active upper respiratory infection at the time of examination. An FDG avid (SUV(max) = 7.7) middle turbinate was identified, correlating with an inflamed concha bullosa. A short review of concha bullosa is given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. A.Arens@nucmed.umcn.nl
authors.forename: Anne I J
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Arens
authors.forename: Berit M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Verbist
authors.forename: Baudewijn W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Hendrickx
authors.forename: Lioe-Fee
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: de Geus-Oei
authors.forename: Wim J G
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Oyen
mesh_terms: D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014420:Turbinates / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18