Asymmetric muscle activity on (18)F-FDG PET/CT

Xavier Palard1, Sébastien Carai, Pierre-Yves Le Roux

  • 1From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Brest, Brest; †Department of Nuclear Medicine, Eugène Marquis Comprehensive Cancer Center of Rennes, Rennes; and ‡European University of Brittany, EA3878 GETBO, IFR 148, Brest, France.

Clinical Nuclear Medicine
|February 24, 2015
PubMed
Summary

This study highlights how F-FDG PET/CT can detect primary lung cancer in a patient with brain metastasis. It also reveals how hemiparesis affects muscle metabolism and F-FDG uptake.