Abnormal colonic accumulation of fluorine-18-FDG in pseudomembranous colitis

J Nucl Med. 1996 Oct;37(10):1683-5.

Abstract

A 51-yr-old man with a history of pancreatic carcinoma was studied with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) and PET as part of staging for residual disease after chemotherapy. The PET study was performed during a clostridium difficile-associated diarrheal illness. Striking [18F]FDG uptake was demonstrated in the wall of the colon over its entire length. Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea and mechanisms of [18F]FDG uptake in normal and abnormal tissues are briefly reviewed and a mechanism for FDG uptake in this patient is postulated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Colon / diagnostic imaging*
  • Deoxyglucose / analogs & derivatives*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / complications
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Radionuclide Imaging

Substances

  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Deoxyglucose