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

Jesper Strandberg; Helle D Zacho

doi:10.3390/diagnostics7040060

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

Diagnostics (Basel). 2017 Dec 13;7(4):60. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics7040060.

Authors

Jesper Strandberg¹, Helle D Zacho^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Aalborg University Hospital, Hobrovej 18-22, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark. j.strandberg@rn.dk.
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, Aalborg University Hospital, Hobrovej 18-22, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark. h.zacho@rn.dk.
³ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark. h.zacho@rn.dk.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: 18F-Fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT); chronic renal failure; tumoral calcinosis.

Publication types

Case Reports