1. PET/CT and MRI of intra-osseous haemangioma of the tibia
- Author
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J H Yoo, Jang Gyu Cha, S. H. Paik, Seun Ja Park, H K Kim, and Jong Min Park
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Case Report ,Bone Neoplasms ,Malignancy ,Multimodal Imaging ,Lesion ,Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Tibia ,Craniofacial ,Aged ,PET-CT ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Curettage ,Hemangioma, Cavernous ,Positron emission tomography ,Positron-Emission Tomography ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed - Abstract
Intra-osseous haemangioma is a rare, benign neoplasm that usually involves the vertebrae and craniofacial bones. Furthermore, its occurrence in the long bones is extremely rare. We report the findings of fluorine-18-fludeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT and MRI in a patient with intra-osseous haemangioma in the proximal tibia, who was initially misdiagnosed as having a malignancy based on (18)F-FDG PET/CT. (18)F-FDG PET/CT showed a well-marginated osteolytic lesion with abnormal FDG uptake. The mass demonstrated low signal intensity on T(1) weighted MRI. On T(2) weighted images, the lesion appeared as a cluster of high signal intensity lobules and showed strong enhancement on contrast-enhanced T(1) weighted images. Surgical curettage was performed and histopathological examination of the excised tissue confirmed a cavernous haemangioma.
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- 2012