A Nodular Lesion of the Foot Detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT in Mycosis Fungoides: A Plantar Wart

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Mar;44(3):244-245. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002430.

Abstract

A 34-year-old Japanese woman presented with widespread scaly erythema that had enlarged over 2 years. A skin biopsy revealed the diagnosis of mycosis fungoides (patch stage, T1b N0 M0 B0), a most frequent cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. F-FDG PET/CT scan unexpectedly showed intense uptake on the left sole, which suggested a tumorous mycosis fungoides lesion (SUVmax = 6.2). Careful examination revealed the mass to be a typical plantar wart of 2 cm in diameter that the patient had not recognized. With repeated cryotherapy, the wart disappeared in 6 months, and follow-up F-FDG PET/CT showed no abnormal uptake on the left sole.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Foot
  • Humans
  • Mycosis Fungoides / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Warts / diagnostic imaging*
  • Warts / pathology

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18