INTRAOSSEOUS SARCOIDOSIS MIMICKING AS BONE METASTASES ON 18F- FDG PET/CT

  • Saima Muzahir Tennessee Interventional and Imaging Associates, Chattanooga Tennessee
  • Scott Perlman Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Thomas Warner Department of Pathology, University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Lance T Hall Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37029/jcas.v1i1.16

Abstract

A 62-year-old male with known prostate cancer underwent 18F- uorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/ computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) scan for suspected osseous metastases after a magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis, done for chronic low back pain and demonstrated a number of suspicious T1 hypointense/T2 hyperintense lesions in the sacrum, iliac bones and right proximal femur.18F-FDG PET/CT showed abnormal foci of increased tracer uptake in the sacrum, iliac bones and right proximal femur. Core biopsies from the sacrum were performed, showing intertrabecular non-caseating granulomata with surrounding small lymphocytes. Acid-fast bacilli and Gomori methenamine silver stains were negative, consistent with intraosseous sarcoidosis.

Key words: 18F- uorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography, non-caseating granulomata, sarcoidosis 

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2015-04-30
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Muzahir S, Perlman S, Warner T, Hall LT. INTRAOSSEOUS SARCOIDOSIS MIMICKING AS BONE METASTASES ON 18F- FDG PET/CT. J Cancer Allied Spec [Internet]. 2015Apr.30 [cited 2024Apr.18];1(1). Available from: https://journals.sfu.ca/jcas/index.php/jcas/article/view/16
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