Diffuse Skeletal Hemangiomatosis Mimicking Metastastic Disease on 18F-FDG PET/CT. (March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huang, Dong; Ou, Xiaohong; Ye, Yunxia; Zhang, Wenjie
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 44:Number 3(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-03
• Subjects: 18F-FDG -- skeletal -- hemangiomatosis -- osseous metastasis -- PET/CT; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002445
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Diffuse skeletal hemangiomatosis is a rare vascular proliferation disorder involving multiple bones and may be confused with metastatic bone malignancy. We present a case of a 53-year-old man suffering back and proximal right femur pain underwent 18 F-FDG PET/CT scan. Multiple hypermetabolic lesions of bone were concerning for metastatic carcinoma. Since no primary malignancy was found, open biopsy was performed and histologic examination led to a diagnosis of diffuse skeletal angiomatosis. This case highlighted the importance of including diffuse skeletal hemangiomatosis in the differential diagnosis of multiple hypermetabolic skeletal lesions on 18 F-FDG PET/CT.