Bone Tuberculous Granulomatous Inflammation Mimicking Malignancy on 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT. (10th April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gong, Weidong; Yang, Xiao; Mou, Chunru; Liu, Huipan; Zhang, Chunyin
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 47:Number 4(2022)
• Page Start: 348
• Page End: 349
• Publication Date: 2022-04-10
• Subjects: extrapulmonary tuberculosis -- tuberculous granuloma -- bone destruction -- 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003990
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract: A 50-year-old woman presented with back pain for 1 month. Chest CT showed osteolytic destruction of T6 vertebral body. A malignancy was suspected. The patient was subsequently enrolled in the clinical trial of 68 Ga-FAPI PET/CT. 68 Ga-FAPI PET/CT revealed multiple bone destruction with increased FAPI activity. It was also highly suggestive of malignancy or metastases. However, pathological examination after T6 vertebral surgery confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculous granulomatous inflammation.