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Report of two cases of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography appearance of hibernoma: A rare benign tumor

Authors :
Archi Agrawal
Venkatesh Rangarajan
Seema Kembhavi
Sneha Shah
Nilendu Purandare
Source :
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine : IJNM : The Official Journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Medknow, 2014.

Abstract

False-positive findings are commonly seen in positron emission tomography computed tomography imaging. One of the most common false positive finding is uptake of fluorodeoxyglucose in brown adipose tissue. Herein, we report two cases with incidentally detected hibernomas-a brown fat containing tumor with metabolic activity.

Details

ISSN :
09723919
Volume :
29
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d2990346afa738c43edaca9f4eaba794
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.125773