Ectopic mature cerebral tissue in the nasal cavity incidentally detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jan;40(1):e85-7. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000480.

Abstract

Herein we describe a rare case of neuroglial heterotopia (ectopic mature cerebral tissue) incidentally detected by F-FDG PET/CT. A 52-year-old female patient underwent F-FDG PET/CT for metabolic characterization of a left pulmonary nodule. F-FDG PET/CT revealed increased radiopharmaceutical uptake corresponding to the pulmonary nodule pathologically described as adenocarcinoma. Furthermore, an area of increased F-FDG uptake corresponding to a lesion in the left nasal cavity was detected. Endoscopic biopsy of the nasal lesion showed the presence of ectopic mature cerebral tissue suggesting the presence of neuroglial heterotopia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Choristoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Choristoma / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Nasal Cavity / diagnostic imaging*
  • Nasal Cavity / pathology
  • Neuroglia*
  • Nose Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Nose Diseases / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18