Open AccessPotassium chloride infusion as the cause of altered bio distribution of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose on whole-body positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan
Author(s) -
Shimpi Madhuri Mahajan,
Natasha Singh,
Sudeshna Maitra,
Melvika Pereira
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
world journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1607-3312
pISSN - 1450-1147
DOI - 10.4103/1450-1147.181158
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , nuclear medicine , emission computed tomography , fluorodeoxyglucose , tomography , brain positron emission tomography , computed tomography , preclinical imaging , positron emission , radiology , in vivo , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography is a standard diagnostic imaging tool in many types of cancer. Its physiological in vivo distribution includes the brain, liver, heart, kidneys, and urinary tract at 1 h after tracer injection. Skeletal muscle is known to show variable amounts of 18 F-FDG uptake because it has a relatively high-glucose metabolism. We report a case of a 20-year-old patient with gross 18 F-FDG uptake involving multiple muscle groups and its likely correlation to potassium chloride infusion before 18 F-FDG injection.