Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis Presenting as "Eyebrows" Sign on 18 F FDG PET/CT

World J Nucl Med. 2022 Aug 16;21(3):236-238. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1750014. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Hypertrophic pachymeningitis refers to linear or nodular thickening of the dura mater covering the brain and spinal cord following various inflammatory/infective processes. Usually, magnetic resonance imaging brain shows uniform thickening with enhancement of involved meninges. Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) findings of pachymeningitis are rarely reported in literature. We describe the PET/CT findings of a patient with hypertrophic pachymeningitis involving the bilateral supraorbital regions depicting as "eyebrows" on brain maximum intensity projection image.

Keywords: FDG PET/CT; eyebrows sign; hypertrophic pachymeningitis; optic canal.

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