RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Radiation Therapy–Induced Phrenic Neuropathy Mimicking Metastasis to the Diaphragmatic Crus on <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 68
OP 69
DO 10.2967/jnmt.113.130096
VO 42
IS 1
A1 Jolepalem, Prashant
A1 Hwang, Jane Y.
A1 Wong, C.Y. Oliver
YR 2014
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/42/1/68.abstract
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.