title: Elevated 18F-FDG Uptake in Skeletal Muscles Rather Than Cutaneous Foci in a Patient With Sweet's Syndrome.
abstract: A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a history of recurrent fever lasting 2 months. The initial physical examination for the patient showed normal cutaneous signs. An elevated uptake of tracer in skeletal muscles was observed by F-FDG PET/CT imaging. Three weeks later, a multitude of painful erythematous maculopapules appeared over his face, chest, and back. Pathological examination of a skin lesion showed papillary dermal edema with predominantly dense neutrophilic infiltrate in the dermis with no evidence of vasculitis, which was consistent with Sweet's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
authors.forename: Shengming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiuli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sui
authors.forename: Shibiao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18