Vanishing Bone Metastases in 18F-FDG PET/CT. (July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ainouche, Alida; Morland, David; Durot, Carole; Hoeffel, Christine; Papathanassiou, Dimitri
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 45:Number 7(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Subjects: PET/CT -- brachiocephalic vein obstruction; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003089
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: A 36-year-old woman with a history of large B-cell lymphoma was referred for the exploration of sclerotic bone thoracic vertebral metastases discovered on a contrast-enhanced CT examination. 18 F-FDG PET showed no pathological uptake in the affected vertebrae, as well as normal vertebral density on the coupled unenhanced CT. After review of the initial contrast-enhanced CT, a left brachiocephalic vein stenosis was noted, leading to a retrograde contrast filling of the accessory hemiazygos vein and the capillary spaces within the vertebrae, mimicking sclerotic metastases.