Abstract
We present the PET-CT images of a 67-year-old man who initially presented with seizures and was found to have a brain metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma. F-18 FDG PET-CT was performed for whole body staging, which showed focal hypermetabolism in the psoas muscle without any definite morphologic changes seen on the coregistered CT. Fused PET-CT images were used for assisting CT-guided needle biopsy, which showed metastatic adenocarcinoma of lung origin. The images show an extremely rare but possible site of metastasis to the psoas muscle detected by F-18 FDG PET before any definite morphologic changes, and CT may help in anatomic localization and biopsy.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 723-724 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Clinical Nuclear Medicine |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- F-18 FDG, PET-CT
- Metastasis
- Psoas muscle
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging