Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Findings of Post Traumatic Lymphangioma in a Young Adult Male.
10.5758/vsi.2016.32.3.137
- Author:
Sang Don KWON
1
;
Kyung Ah CHUN
;
Eun Jung KONG
;
Ihn Ho CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea. cka52@yumail.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lymphangioma;
Trauma;
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography;
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
- MeSH:
Adult;
Deoxyglucose;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Electrons*;
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18;
Humans;
Lymphangioma*;
Male*;
Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography;
Young Adult*
- From:Vascular Specialist International
2016;32(3):137-139
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The authors report the case of a 34-year-old male, who underwent a fluorine-18 fluoro deoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan 7 years after trauma for the evaluation of multifocal masses in the right iliac and right inguinal areas. CT findings showed multifocal low density masses and ¹⁸F-FDG PET revealed slightly increased uptake (maximum standardized uptake value [SUVmax] 3.1). These findings did not exclude the possibility of a benign or malignant lesion. To achieve differential diagnosis, partial surgical excision was performed and a pathologic examination subsequently revealed lymphangioma. Here, the authors describe the ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT findings of a rare case of lymphangioma resulting from trauma.
