Key result
Calcific tendinosis with increased FDG-PET activity can mimic metastatic disease in patients with known malignancy.
Why the study?
Calcific tendinosis can mimic malignancy on PET imaging, leading to potential diagnostic confusion in cancer patients.
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Calcific tendinosis can present with elevated glucose activity on PET imaging, potentially mimicking metastatic disease.
We report a case of a 53 year old female with breast cancer and elevated glucose activity at the left greater trochanter on PET imaging. Further imaging with CT and MRI showed that this focus of increased FDG activity on PET was calcific tendinosis of the gluteus medius tendon, which mimicked metastatic disease in this patient.
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Vogel‐Claussen et al. (2006) studied this question. Calcific tendinosis can present with increased FDG activity on PET imaging, potentially mimicking metastatic disease in patients with known malignancy.
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