Remitting Seronegative Symmetrical Synovitis With Pitting Edema: Appearance on FDG PET/CT.
Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) is a rare condition in the elderly and can appear as a first presentation of various types of rheumatic and malignant diseases. We presented a 62-year-old man with the diagnosis of RS3PE based on the clinical sign and laboratory data. Because of the possibility of associated malignancies in RS3PE, FDG PET/CT was performed to exclude occult tumors. The images showed multiple, symmetrically, diffusely increased F-FDG uptake in the soft tissue around joints and bones in the shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles.
From the *Nuclear Medicine Department of Armed Police General Hospital, Hai Dian District, Beijing; Departments of †Radiology, and ‡Nuclear Medicine, Beijing Friendship Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jianjie
J
Wang
Chaoyu
C
Pu
Zhenchang
Z
Wang
Jigang
J
Yang
D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D013585:Synovitis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18