Avid 18F-FDG Uptake in Idiopathic Tumoral Calcinosis Mimicking Lymph Node Metastasis

Jesper Strandberg; Helle D. Zacho

doi:10.3390/diagnostics7040060

Diagnostics (Dec 2017)

Avid 18F-FDG Uptake in Idiopathic Tumoral Calcinosis Mimicking Lymph Node Metastasis

Jesper Strandberg,
Helle D. Zacho

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Jesper Strandberg: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Aalborg University Hospital, Hobrovej 18-22, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark
Helle D. Zacho: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Aalborg University Hospital, Hobrovej 18-22, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics7040060
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 4
p. 60

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Tumoral calcinosis is a benign condition characterized by periarticular calcified lesions that is frequently observed in patients with chronic renal failure. Tumoral calcinosis often presents with subcutaneous masses and joint swelling. We present a case of tumoral calcinosis with dramatically increased 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (18F-FDG) uptake on positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) that mimicked lymphoma or lymph node metastases.

Published in Diagnostics

ISSN: 2075-4418 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/diagnostics

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