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PET/CT Imaging of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Thigh
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VOLUME: 32 ISSUE: 3
P: 239-243
October 2023

PET/CT Imaging of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Thigh

Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2023;32(3):239-243
DOI: 10.4274/mirt.galenos.2023.55798
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Aslıhan Yıldırım
Nedim C. M. Gülaldı
1. University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Ankara City Hospital, Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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Received Date: 14.10.2022
Accepted Date: 04.02.2023
Publish Date: 20.10.2023
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ABSTRACT

A 13-year-old male patient presented with right leg pain and walking difficulty. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging showed a softtissue lesion between muscle groups in the anterior half of the right thigh. The excisional biopsy result ended in an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT). The 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan showed hypermetabolism in the multifocal soft tissue lesion and also confirmed that no other distant foci were present. A three-phase Tc-99m-methylene diphosphonate study of the region showed heterogeneously increased vascularity within the region. We described an unusual case of IMT in a pediatric patient and the importance of PET/CT scanning to delineate the lesion.

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