title: Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT Findings Following Bone Marrow Harvesting.
abstract: Two patients demonstrated an unusual pattern of intense bone and surrounding soft tissue hypermetabolic uptake in the posterior pelvis on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography PET-CT scans. After further investigation, we found that both patients underwent uncomplicated autologous bone marrow harvesting several weeks before imaging. These two cases illustrate a distinctive PET-CT appearance following bone marrow harvesting that the radiologist needs to recognize to not confuse the findings with metastatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Safaie
authors.forename: Nand
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Relan
authors.forename: Dinko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Franceschi