Nodular fasciitis mimicking soft tissue metastasis on 18F-FDG PET/CT during surveillance

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Feb;40(2):172-4. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000559.

Abstract

Nodular fasciitis (NF) is a common benign soft tissue tumor. However, F-FDG PET/CT findings of NF are limited. Two cases of NF are described that mimic soft tissue metastasis on F-FDG PET/CT during surveillance. F-FDG PET/CT is well documented in the surveillance of malignancy and increasing worldwide. There are growing chances of encountering FDG-avid nonmalignant soft tissue lesion. Nodular fasciitis could be considered as possible diagnosis on F-FDG PET/CT if a solitary well- circumscribed ovoid hypermetabolic soft tissue lesion is located in a muscle, intermuscular space, or adjacent tendon, especially in patients with a clinically low probability of tumor recurrence or metastasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fasciitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fasciitis / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Sarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18