PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jolepalem, Prashant
AU  - Hwang, Jane Y.
AU  - Wong, C.Y. Oliver
TI  - Radiation Therapy–Induced Phrenic Neuropathy Mimicking Metastasis to the Diaphragmatic Crus on <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.113.130096
DP  - 2014 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 68--69
VI  - 42
IP  - 1
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/42/1/68.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/42/1/68.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2014 Mar 01; 42
AB  - Benign unilateral uptake in the diaphragmatic crus is a relatively uncommon finding on 18F-FDG PET/CT that can mimic the appearance of malignancy in patients with known cancer, as illustrated in this patient with neuroendocrine carcinoma. It is important for the PET interpreter to recognize this finding and attribute it to benign uptake based on the patient’s history and symptoms at the time of the scan. Correlation with the findings of other available imaging modalities is also important to characterize focal uptake in unusual locations.