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Atypical Hemangioma Mimicking Metastasis on 18F-Sodium Fluoride Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Gallium-68-Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography Improves the Specificity of Bone Lesions
Author(s) -
Sharjeel Usmani,
Fahad Marafi,
Rashid Rasheed,
Fareeda Al Kandari,
Najeeb Ahmed
Publication year - 2018
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/ijnm.ijnm_150_17
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , magnetic resonance imaging , prostate cancer , metastasis , bone metastasis , radiology , hemangioma , positron emission tomography computed tomography , lesion , nuclear medicine , pathology , cancer
Vertebral hemangioma is a benign condition, but sometimes, it might represent as diagnostic dilemma especially in elderly patient mimicking serious pathology like metastasis. We report a case of a 66-year-old man with prostate cancer. 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography-computed tomography ( 18 F-NaF PET-CT) demonstrates increased radiotracer uptake at body of D4 vertebra. Magnetic resonance imaging shows features of atypical hemangioma; however, metastasis cannot be ruled out. To rule out bone metastasis, gallium-68-prostate-specific membrane antigen PET-CT is performed which shows no abnormal lesion. Eight-month follow-up by 18 F-NaF PET-CT showed persistent osteoblastic lesion at D4 without any significant change thus, confirming the initial diagnosis of atypical hemangioma.

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