A Unique Case of Increased 18F-FDG Metabolic Activity in the Soft Tissues of the Bilateral Upper Thighs Due to Immunizations in a Pediatric Patient

Terrel L Galloway; Mickaila J Johnston; Michael D Starsiak; Eugene D Silverman

doi:10.4103/1450-1147.176886

A Unique Case of Increased 18F-FDG Metabolic Activity in the Soft Tissues of the Bilateral Upper Thighs Due to Immunizations in a Pediatric Patient

World J Nucl Med. 2017 Jan-Mar;16(1):59-61. doi: 10.4103/1450-1147.176886.

Authors

Terrel L Galloway¹, Mickaila J Johnston¹, Michael D Starsiak¹, Eugene D Silverman¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.

Abstract

A case of a 7-month-old white female who was referred for 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) initial evaluation of a lytic skull lesion with presumed diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis is described. Incidentally, she was found to have hypermetabolic nodules in the soft tissues of her anterior thighs.

Keywords: 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography/computed tomography; lytic skull lesion; soft tissue nodule; vaccination.

Publication types

Case Reports