Open AccessA rare variant of Caffey′s disease - X-rays, bone scan and FDG PET findings
Author(s) -
Archi Agrawal,
Nilendu Purandare,
Sneha Shah,
Venkatesh Rangarajan
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 - 10.4103/0972-3919.90267
Subject(s) - medicine , ankle , nuclear medicine , diaphysis , positron emission tomography , periosteal reaction , radiology , radiography , anatomy , orthopedic surgery , surgery
An 18-month-old boy with history of fever of 4 months duration and with swelling of the limbs was referred for a bone scan. There were multiple swellings over his upper and lower limbs, with bowing of the lower limbs. His radiological skeletal survey revealed marked periosteal new bone formation surrounding the diaphysis of long bones. A bone scan done with 99m Tc-MDP showed diffusely increased tracer uptake in all the long bones. A fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) scan done to assess the metabolic activity showed patchy FDG uptake in the long bones, ankle joint and anterior ends of few ribs. His clinical and imaging findings led to the diagnosis of Caffey's disease.