Tracheobronchial FDG uptake in primary amyloidosis detected by PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Aug;36(8):723-4. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318219b16e.

Abstract

Tracheobronchial amyloidosis is a rare manifestation of the disease and has never been described with FDG PET/CT. In this study, we report a case of a 70-year-old man with increasing dyspnea, a right pleural effusion, a tracheobronchial circumferential wall thickening, and a mediastinal fat infiltration on CT scan. FDG PET/CT revealed intense tracheobronchial uptake associated with mediastinal and intra-abdominal fat uptake. Bronchoscopy and mediastinoscopy with biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of primary amyloidosis and excluded malignancy. FDG PET/CT could be useful for the evaluation of tracheobronchial amyloidosis metabolic activity and follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amyloidosis / diagnosis*
  • Amyloidosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Amyloidosis / metabolism*
  • Biological Transport
  • Bronchi / diagnostic imaging
  • Bronchi / metabolism*
  • Bronchography
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Trachea / diagnostic imaging
  • Trachea / metabolism*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18