Metabolic Activity of Neurogenic Heterotopic Ossification on 18F-FDG PET/CT Matching with Ongoing Osteoblastic Activity on Bone Scan
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Metabolic Activity of Neurogenic Heterotopic Ossification on 18F-FDG PET/CT Matching with Ongoing Osteoblastic Activity on Bone Scan

Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2022;31(2):166-168 DOI: 10.4274/mirt.galenos.2021.48243
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Abstract

A 54-year-old man, with previous history of neurogenic heterotopic ossification (HO) in muscles around the left hip following a spinal cord injury ten months earlier, was referred to our nuclear medicine center for an 18fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to rule out a spondylodiscitis. No sign of spondylodiscitis was found on 18F-FDG PET/CT, but images revealed an increased 18F-FDG uptake in HO areas, matching with ongoing osteoblastic activity on a following bone scan.

Keywords: Heterotopic ossification, bone scan, 18F-FDG PET/CT

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