Abnormal FDG Uptake in the Pericardial Adipose Tissue Mimicking Malignancy | Zendy

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Abnormal FDG Uptake in the Pericardial Adipose Tissue Mimicking Malignancy

Author(s) -

Sumina Goel,

Munir Ghesani,

E DePuey,

Sugganth Daniel

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

radiology case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221

H-Index - 10

ISSN - 1930-0433

DOI - 10.2484/rcr.v3i3.181

Subject(s) - malignancy , medicine , adipose tissue , biopsy , radiology , brown adipose tissue , pathology

Focal mediastinal F-18 FDG uptake may be from potential adenopathy requiring biopsy confirmation or benign active brown adipose tissue to be left untouched. Knowledge of this potential pitfall and precise localization with fusion PET/CT are important in preventing misinterpretation as malignancy. Our case report is important in the aspect that CT was not able to confirm the uptake as benign finding, which led to invasive biopsy and biopsy confirmed it to be a benign brown adipose tissue

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