Open AccessNew axillary lymph nodal F-18 fluoro-deoxy glucose uptake in an interim positron emission tomography scan - not always a sign of disease progression
Author(s) -
Manohar Kuruva,
Kanhaiyalal Agrawal,
Anish Bhattacharya,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.106703
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , interim , nuclear medicine , extravasation , positron emission , radiology , lymph , sign (mathematics) , pathology , archaeology , history , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Fluoro-deoxy glucose (FDG) is a non-specific tracer and may accumulate in non-malignant conditions causing potential pitfalls leading to false-positive interpretations of interim positron emission tomography scan. We report a case of a potential pitfall of false-positive axillary lymph nodal F-18 FDG uptake caused by injection extravasation.