Hot shoulder PET/CT lesion: Unusual presentation of tenosynovial giant cell tumor

Steven Lewis; Lance Edmonds; Ely Wolin

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2018.02.006

Hot shoulder PET/CT lesion: Unusual presentation of tenosynovial giant cell tumor

Radiol Case Rep. 2018 Mar 8;13(3):559-562. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2018.02.006. eCollection 2018 Jun.

Authors

Steven Lewis¹, Lance Edmonds¹, Ely Wolin¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA, USA.

Abstract

We present a case of a tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) incidentally discovered at the shoulder on PET/CT, in a patient with history of thyroid cancer. Many documented cases of TGCT have been incidentally imaged by PET/CT and have been found to have varying levels of metabolic activity, however the shoulder location is unusual. This type of musculoskeletal lesion often has MRI characteristics, such as gradient echo blooming, which can render a confident diagnosis without need for biopsy.

Keywords: PET; Shoulder; Tenosynovial giant cell tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports