18F-NaF PET/CT in Extensive Melorheostosis of the Axial and Appendicular Skeleton With Soft-Tissue Involvement

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Jul;42(7):537-539. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001647.

Abstract

Melorheostosis is a rare, nonhereditary, benign, sclerotic bone dysplasia with no sex predilection, typically occurring in late childhood or early adulthood, which can lead to substantial functional morbidity, depending on the sites of involvement. We report on a patient with extensive melorheostosis in the axial and appendicular skeleton, as well as in the soft tissues, who was evaluated with whole-body F-NaF PET/CT scan. All melorheostotic lesions of the skeleton and of the ossified soft-tissue masses demonstrated intensely increased F-NaF activity, suggesting the application of this modality in assessing and monitoring the disease activity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes*
  • Humans
  • Melorheostosis / complications*
  • Melorheostosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Sodium Fluoride*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / complications*
  • Whole Body Imaging

Substances

  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Sodium Fluoride