Hibernoma: Intense uptake on F18 FDG PET/CT
Creators
- 1. Busan St. Mary's Medical Center, Busan (Korea, Republic of)
Description
Hibernoma is a rare benign but metabolically active tumor of brown fat origin, that can have cross sectional imaging characteristics similar to those of other fat containing tumors, such as lipomas and liposarcomas, and its presence can lead to false positive interpretation by exhibiting increased F18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F18 FDG)activity. A 46 year old woman was diagnosed with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans underwent F18 FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)for detecting recurrence after excision. F18 FDG PET/CT showed incidental intense uptake in the back in addition to increased F18 FDG uptake at the previous lesion site. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of intense F18 FDG uptake in hibernoma in Korea
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- Journal Volume
- 46
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- 24 refs, 4 figs
- Journal Page Range
- p. 218-222
- ISSN
- 1619-7070
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Korea, Republic of
- INIS RN
- 44015298
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIAGNOSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; METABOLIC DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; UPTAKE
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTIMETABOLITES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY