title: Widespread gouty tophi on 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging.
abstract: A 72-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of worsening polyarticular swelling pain. An F-FDG PET/CT was performed to evaluate the extent of a suspected gouty attack and to exclude any unexpected malignancy. The images showed multiple juxta-articular and subcutaneous foci of elevated F-FDG activity in both upper and lower extremities, including the hands, elbows, shoulders, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. Diagnosis of an acute, severe gouty attack was eventually made. The patient responded well to antigouty therapy.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital, Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhanwen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006073:Gout / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18