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Sara Strauss1, Kwang Chun, Mohammed Taoudi Benchekroun
1From the Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Abstract:
Ga citrate is frequently used in the workup of fever of unknown origin. Here, we report a case of avid Ga-citrate in bilateral gluteal regions of a patient with a history of free silicon injection buttock augmentation referred for suspected diagnosis of sarcoidosis. CT findings were equivocal for inflammation/infection in the buttock region, and nuclear scintigraphy allowed for more definitive diagnosis.

