Vertebral photopenia on [67Ga]Ga-citrate and [18F]FDG PET/CT imaging in a patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Georgios MeristoudisIoannis IliasVasilios GiannakopoulosPublished in: Nuclear medicine review. Central & Eastern Europe (2022)
A cold vertebral defect is an uncommon finding, especially in Gallium-67-citrate ([67Ga]Ga-citrate) - and [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) - avid lymphomas, representing a diagnostic challenge. Here, we present the case of a patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), in whom the [67Ga]Ga-citrate and [18F]FDG scans showed a diffuse skeletal uptake pattern with concomitant appearance of a cold vertebral defect. Awareness of the different causes of such uptake patterns and accurate clinical information is important to avoid misinterpretation of nuclear studies in oncologic patients.
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- ejection fraction
- prostate cancer
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- rectal cancer
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- postmenopausal women
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