Nodular Fasciitis Mimicking Malignant Tumor on 18F-FDG PET/CT.
- Author:
Seok Mo LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hanyang university, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. narrowroad@hmc.hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Nodular fasciitis;
18F-FDG PET/CT;
Hodgkin's disease
- MeSH:
Adult;
Fasciitis*;
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*;
Hodgkin Disease;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography*;
Recurrence
- From:Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
2005;39(4):263-265
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
A 26 years old male patient with Hodgkin's disease, considered as complete remission, underwent 18F-FDG whole body PET/CT. 18F-FDG whole body PET/CT showed unexpected hypermetabolic nodule in left quadratus femoris muscle suggesting local recurrence. Subsequent MRI also revealed well-enhancing nodular lesion with intermediate and high signal intensity on T1WI and T2WI, respectively. The lesion was confirmed as nodular fasciitis by pathologic examination of the excised specimen.
