title: An unusual orbital localization of wegener granulomatosis detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: We report a case of a 61-year-old male patient affected by Wegener granulomatosis and left exophthalmos who underwent F-FDG PET/CT during follow-up for rectal cancer. The study was negative for secondary lesions but revealed high uptake at the left orbital mass consistent with Wegener granulomatosis.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Brescia, Brescia, Italy; and †Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Center, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bertagna
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Treglia
authors.forename: Pierluigi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rossini
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giubbini
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18