FDG-Avid Keloid on PET/CT Imaging. (August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Zu-Gui
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 42:Number 8(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-08
• Subjects: keloid -- skin -- 18F-FDG -- PET -- CT; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001692
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Keloid is a benign fibroproliferative growths resulting from an overexuberant healing response. A 51-year-old man with a 20-year history of keloid formation presented with a 1-year history of unexplained progressive weakness of both lower limbs. He was clinically suspected of having paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome. FDG PET/CT was performed to exclude underlying malignancy. FDG PET/CT revealed a giant FDG-avid keloid in the anterior chest wall without any other abnormal FDG uptake in the body. We emphasize that a benign FDG-avid keloid should be considered in the differential diagnosis of FDG-avid cutaneous lesions on PET/CT.