The Potential Utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Monitoring Corticosteroid Therapy in Inflammatory Pseudotumor-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Potential Utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Monitoring Corticosteroid Therapy in Inflammatory Pseudotumor

Published:2024-01-16 Issue:3 Volume:49 Page:e115-e117
ISSN:1536-0229
Container-title:Clinical Nuclear Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:Clin Nucl Med

Author:

Sicilia Pozo María de las Nieves¹,García Zoghby Laura²,López de la Osa García Aquilino³,Sotillo Sánchez Ricardo⁴,Poblete García Víctor Manuel¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University General Hospital of Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real

2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University General Hospital of Toledo, Toledo

3. Internal Medicine

4. Pathological Anatomy, Virgen de Altagracia Hospital, Manzanares, Spain.

Abstract

Abstract A 69-year-old man with suspected gastrointestinal stromal tumor was referred to 18F-FDG PET/CT. Images showed increased metabolism in a jejunal wall thickening, 2 liver lesions, and hepatic lymph nodes. The patient underwent wedge biopsy of the liver, which revealed inflammatory pseudotumor. The patient was treated with 20 mg/d prednisone, with a gradual dose reduction. A partial metabolic response was achieved after 2 months of therapy, and a final PET/CT showed complete metabolic response after 9 months. This clinical case shows the potential role of PET/CT in the assessment of the response of the inflammatory pseudotumor to corticosteroid therapy.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine

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