TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in a calf opposite to a leg with osteosarcoma after operation
AU - Fujii, Hirofumi
AU - Yasuda, Seiei
AU - Ide, Michiru
AU - Takahashi, Wakoh
AU - Mochizuki, Yukihito
AU - Shohtsu, Akira
AU - Nakahara, Tadaki
AU - Kubo, Atsushi
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - A 19-year-old man with osteosarcoma in the left tibia underwent resection of the primary tumor and partial transplantation of the right fibula to the defect of the left tibia. Although his postoperative course was good, he gradually came to feel fatigue and pain in his right lower leg when he walked. One year later, he underwent fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). No visible accumulation was noted in the surgically treated left lower leg. But F-18 FDG showed marked accumulation in the right calf muscles. This paradoxical FDG accumulation would explain the easy fatigability and the muscular pain.
AB - A 19-year-old man with osteosarcoma in the left tibia underwent resection of the primary tumor and partial transplantation of the right fibula to the defect of the left tibia. Although his postoperative course was good, he gradually came to feel fatigue and pain in his right lower leg when he walked. One year later, he underwent fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). No visible accumulation was noted in the surgically treated left lower leg. But F-18 FDG showed marked accumulation in the right calf muscles. This paradoxical FDG accumulation would explain the easy fatigability and the muscular pain.
KW - Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose
KW - Osteosarcoma
KW - Positron Emission Tomography
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U2 - 10.1097/00003072-200007000-00020
DO - 10.1097/00003072-200007000-00020
M3 - Article
C2 - 10885707
AN - SCOPUS:0034085477
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 25
SP - 560
EP - 561
JO - Clinical nuclear medicine
JF - Clinical nuclear medicine
IS - 7
ER -