Fathinul Fikri As, Lau Wfe
Nuclear Imaging Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University Putra Malaysia.
Biomed Imaging Interv J. 2010 Oct-Dec;6(4):e37. doi: 10.2349/biij.6.4.e37. Epub 2010 Oct 1.
An incidental finding of an intense focus of (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) pulmonary uptake on positron emission tomography (PET) without detectable lesions on computed tomography (CT) is highly suggestive of FDG microembolus. Its microscopic nature means it is undetectable on CT. It is an artefact attributable to (18)F-FDG-tracer contamination at the injection site. This paper reports a case of a 61 year-old lady with a past history of breast carcinoma, in whom follow-up PET/CT images demonstrated an incidental intense FDG pulmonary abnormality. A follow-up PET/CT seven months later demonstrated complete resolution of the abnormality.
正电子发射断层扫描(PET)显示肺部有强烈的(18)F-氟脱氧葡萄糖(FDG)摄取灶,而计算机断层扫描(CT)未发现可检测到的病变,这种偶然发现高度提示FDG微栓子。其微观性质意味着在CT上无法检测到。这是一种由于注射部位(18)F-FDG示踪剂污染导致的假象。本文报告一例61岁有乳腺癌病史的女性,其随访PET/CT图像显示肺部偶然出现强烈的FDG异常。七个月后的随访PET/CT显示该异常完全消失。