FDG-Avid Lung Nodule Formation by the Use of Hemostatic Powder: A Potential Cause of False-Positive FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Feb 1;46(2):e94-e96. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003370.

Abstract

FDG PET/CT is used in the diagnosis and follow-up of various malignant tumors and changes patient management in routine clinical practice. However, inflammatory, infectious, physiological, and technical causes and benign pathological conditions may lead to false-positive FDG uptake. We report a case of a 59-year-old man who was considered having a false-positive FDG-PET pulmonary nodular lesion in favor of metastasis, which was formed by the use of hemostatic powder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • False Positive Reactions
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Hemostatics / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Powders

Substances

  • Hemostatics
  • Powders
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18