@article{Muzahir_Perlman_Warner_Hall_2015, title={INTRAOSSEOUS SARCOIDOSIS MIMICKING AS BONE METASTASES ON 18F- FDG PET/CT}, volume={1}, url={https://journals.sfu.ca/jcas/index.php/jcas/article/view/16}, DOI={10.37029/jcas.v1i1.16}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>A 62-year-old male with known prostate cancer underwent </span><span>18</span><span>F- uorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/ computed tomography (</span><span>18</span><span>F-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.</span><span>18</span><span>F-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. </span></p><p><span>Key words: </span><span>18</span><span>F- uorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography, non-caseating granulomata, </span><span>sarcoidosis </span></p></div></div></div&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Cancer & Allied Specialties}, author={Muzahir, Saima and Perlman, Scott and Warner, Thomas and Hall, Lance T}, year={2015}, month={Apr.} }