Abnormal FDG Uptake in the Pericardial Adipose Tissue Mimicking Malignancy

Sumina R. Goel; Munir Ghesani; E. Gordon DePuey; Sugganth Daniel

doi:10.2484/rcr.v3i3.181

Abnormal FDG Uptake in the Pericardial Adipose Tissue Mimicking Malignancy

Sumina R. Goel, Munir Ghesani, E. Gordon DePuey, Sugganth Daniel

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	181
Pages (from-to)	181
Number of pages	1
Journal	Radiology Case Reports
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v3i3.181
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Abnormal FDG Uptake in the Pericardial Adipose Tissue Mimicking Malignancy

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