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F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose accumulation in an inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen
Motohiro Sato1, Isao Takasaka, Toshiyuki Okumura
1Department of Radiology, Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, 6528 Koibuchi, Kasama, 309-1793, Japan. mo-sato@chubyoin.pref.ibaraki.jp
Annals of Nuclear Medicine
|November 22, 2007
Abstract:
We report on a case with an inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen, which showed a moderate accumulation of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in the tumor. F-18 FDG accumulated mainly in the peripheral portion of this tumor that showed abundant hypercellular inflammatory cells histopathologically. Splenic inflammatory pseudotumors should be recognized as F-18 FDG-avid benign tumors of the spleen.
