Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT Findings Following Bone Marrow Harvesting

Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT Findings Following Bone Marrow Harvesting

Two patients demonstrated an unusual pattern of intense bone and surrounding soft tissue hypermetabolic uptake in the posterior pelvis on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography PET-CT scans. After further investigation, we found that both patients underwent uncompli...

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Main Authors: Robert Matthews, Michael Schuster, Elham Safaie, Nand Relan, Dinko Franceschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2012-01-01
Series:World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
bone marrow harvesting
fdg pet-ct
lymphoma
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/1450-1147.98740
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Summary:Two patients demonstrated an unusual pattern of intense bone and surrounding soft tissue hypermetabolic uptake in the posterior pelvis on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography PET-CT scans. After further investigation, we found that both patients underwent uncomplicated autologous bone marrow harvesting several weeks before imaging. These two cases illustrate a distinctive PET-CT appearance following bone marrow harvesting that the radiologist needs to recognize to not confuse the findings with metastatic disease.
ISSN:1450-1147
1607-3312

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