title: Intense FDG activity in a case of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis without elevated fluorothymidine activity.
abstract: F-FDG PET/CT is a useful imaging modality to detect malignant gall bladder lesions. We present an image of a patient with a gall bladder mass that was found to be FDG avid but negative on F-fluorothymidine PET/CT imaging. This was later confirmed to be a case of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Kuruva
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Manohar
authors.forename: Bhagwant Rai
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Anish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Bishan Dass
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Radotra
authors.forename: Ganga Ram
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Verma
mesh_terms: D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015224:Dideoxynucleosides; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013936:Thymidine; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D015224:Dideoxynucleosides; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; C002854:alovudine; D013936:Thymidine