Diagnosis of aseptic deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity in a cancer patient using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (FDG PET/CT)

B Do; C Mari; S Biswal; J Kalinyak; A Quon; S S Gambhir

doi:10.1007/BF02985628

Diagnosis of aseptic deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity in a cancer patient using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (FDG PET/CT)

Ann Nucl Med. 2006 Feb;20(2):151-5. doi: 10.1007/BF02985628.

Authors

B Do¹, C Mari, S Biswal, J Kalinyak, A Quon, S S Gambhir

Affiliation

¹ Stanford University Medical Center, Nuclear Medicine Division, Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, USA. carina.mari@radiology.ucsf.edu

PMID: 16615425
DOI: 10.1007/BF02985628

Abstract

We describe a patient with a history of recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and abnormal FDG uptake in the left arm during a re-staging FDG PET/CT. After revision of the patient's clinical history, tests and physical exam, the abnormal FDG uptake was found to correspond to an extensive aseptic deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Incidental Findings
Male
Middle Aged
Mouth Neoplasms / complications
Mouth Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / complications
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals
Sepsis / complications
Sepsis / diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Upper Extremity / diagnostic imaging*
Venous Thrombosis / complications
Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18