title: Intense uptake evidenced by 18F-FDG PET/CT without a corresponding CT finding--dream or reality?
abstract: Although 18F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has been widely validated and extensively used in the latest years in clinical practice, interpretation of PET/CT images can be affected by several pitfalls. We here present a case of intense lung uptake in a patient without a corresponding finding on CT images, probably due to a microembolism produced during the injection process and located in small vascular structures of the lung parenchyma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy. fedefournier@libero.it.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caobelli
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pizzocaro
authors.forename: Ugo Paolo
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Guerra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001692:Biological Transport; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18