Chronic Osteomyelitis in Sternum Mimicking Bone Metastasis of Lung Cancer Patient.
- Author:
Hyung Jun IM
1
;
Yu Keong KIM
;
Sang Mi LEE
;
Won Woo LEE
;
Sang Eun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea. yk3181@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sternum;
osteomyelitis;
positron emission tomography;
bone scintigraphy
- MeSH:
Extremities;
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18;
Humans;
Lung;
Lung Neoplasms;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Osteomyelitis;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Spine;
Sternum
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2009;43(3):245-249
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Primary sternal osteomyelitis without predisposing factors is a rare condition, and it is hardly differentiated from metastatic bone tumor especially in patient with the history of primary malignancy because osteomyelities shares frequently common findings with metastatic bone lesion on 18F-FDG PET and bone scan. Although there have been several publications of primary osteomyelitis mimicking bone metastasis in the spine or extremities, we report a case of primary sternal osteomyelitis in the patient with lung cancer, which has, to our knowledge, not been reported before.
