title: Increased 18F-FDG Uptake Associated With Gastric Banding Surgical Mesh on PET/CT.
abstract: Surgical mesh was used in the 1980s and early 1990s for vertical banded gastroplasty as treatment for morbid obesity. This procedure was replaced by the more popular laparoscopic gastric banding in the mid-1990s. Surgical mesh, commonly used in hernioplasty, has been associated with increased F-FDG uptake related to an inflammatory foreign body reaction and is a known cause of false-positive PET scans. We present a case of increased F-FDG uptake related to surgical mesh in a patient who had undergone vertical banded gastroplasty.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; †Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine; and ‡Department of Nuclear Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Charles B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Chism
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Somcio
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Chasen
authors.forename: Gregory C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Ravizzini
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18