Intramedullary Spinal Cord Malakoplakia Mimicking Malignant Neoplasm on 18F-FDG PET/CT.
| Autor: | Sung WJ; From the Departments of Pathology., Choi B; Nuclear Medicine, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nuclear medicine [Clin Nucl Med] 2024 Aug 01; Vol. 49 (8), pp. e410-e411. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 26. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005305 |
| Abstrakt: | Abstract: We report a rare case of intramedullary spinal cord malakoplakia mimicking malignancy on 18F-FDG PET/CT. A 61-year-old man underwent a contrast-enhanced spinal cord MRI to evaluate 1 week of progressive left-sided weakness. Spinal cord MRI showed a 1.3-cm enhancing intramedullary cervical spinal cord mass at C5 level with cord edema. Subsequently, 18F-FDG PET/CT was performed for evaluation. The images showed a well-circumscribed hypermetabolic mass in the spinal cord; no lesions were suggestive of malignancy or metastasis. A subtotal tumor excision was performed; histopathological examination revealed malakoplakia. This emphasizes the significance of histopathological evaluation and the importance of diagnostic confirmation. Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: This study is supported by Digital Healthcare Medical Device Demonstration Support Project of Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation (KMEDIhub), funded by Daegu Metropolitan City and Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI). (Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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