Abstract
A CT scan of a 69-year-old male patient, performed for staging of suspected lung carcinoma, incidentally showed an irregular lesion of 10 cm in the upper abdomen. Further investigation using FDG-PET showed only moderately increased glucose metabolism, whereas Tc-99m MDP SPECT revealed intense osteoblastic activity inside the lesion. A CT-guided biopsy was performed and histologic analysis established the diagnosis of heterotopic mesenteric ossification. This pathology is rare and mostly diagnosed when it is complicated by small bowel obstruction.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 496-499 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Clinical Nuclear Medicine |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 7 |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2008 |
Keywords
- heterotopic mesenteric ossification
- FDG PET
- bone scan
- intra-abdominal myositis ossificans