Dergiler / Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy / 2015 / Cilt: 24 - Sayı: 0
18F-FDG PET/CT Findings of a Patient with Wegener's Granulomatosis Before and After Therapy
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Özet
Wegener granülomatozu (WG) nadir görülen bir sistemik vaskülit olup; orta-büyük damarları tutar ve üst-alt solunum sistemini ve böbrekleri etkiler. Bu olgu sunumunda maligniteyi taklit eden bilateral hipermetabolik akciğer kitleleri izlenen bir WG olgusunun FDG PET/BT görüntüleme bulguları sunulmuştur. WG lezyonlarında izlenen artmış FDG tutulumlarının tedavi sonrası kaybolduğu izlenmiştir
Abstract
Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a rare form of systemic vasculitis that primarily involves the small-to-medium sized vessels and affects both the kidneys and the upper and lower respiratory tract. In this case report, FDG PET/CT findings of bilateral hypermetabolic lung lesions that mimic malignancy in a patient with WG are presented. The hypermetabolic lesions completely disappeared on follow-up PET/CT scan after treatment with cyclophosphamide. The increased FDG uptake of these lesions substantially regressed following treatment