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- Title
18F-FDG PET/CT obraz Erdheimovy-Chesterovy nemoci - přehled českých pacientů.
- Authors
Řehák, Zdeněk; Koukalová, Renata; Vašina, Jiří; Ptáčník, Václav; Szturz, Petr; Karban, Josef; Polívka, Jindřich; Adam, Zdeněk
- Abstract
Introduction: Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare unit of histiocytic diseases. The goal of our work was to assess 18F-FDG PET/CT presentation of this disease in patients from the Czech Republic. Methods: We analyzed overall 44 18F-FDG PET/CT examinations in 6 patients with this disease. We assessed 18F-FDG accumulation in staging examinations of these 6 patients at usual localizations, i.e. bones, brain, orbit, paranasal sinuses, periaortal space, heart, lungs, perirenal space and skin. Results: Bone 18F-FDG accumulation was detected in all patients; in 5 mostly in lower extremities. Maxillar sinuses were involved in 5/6 patients. Vascular and perirenal involvement was detected in 4/6 patients. Two patients had involved skin and hypophysis, one patient also orbits and heart. Lung involvement was not detected in any patient. Conclusions: 18F-FDG avid involvement of skeleton was the main and regular characteristic of PET/CT presentation of Erdheim-Chester disease. Also other localizations of 18F-FDG avid involvement (cardiovascular, CNS, paranasal sinuses, orbitis, skin, perirenal space) confirm known observations in ECD.
- Publication
Nuclear Medicine / Nukleární Medicína, 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3, p50
- ISSN
1805-1146
- Publication type
Academic Journal