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. 2019 Jul-Sep;34(3):258-259.
doi: 10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_6_19.

Elastofibroma Dorsi: Findings on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography

Sarthak Tripathy  1 , Girish Kumar Parida  2 , Niraj Naswa  2 , Kishan Subudhi  1 , Arun Raj Sreedharan Thankarajan  1 , Sreenivas Reddy  1
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Elastofibroma Dorsi: Findings on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography

Sarthak Tripathy et al. Indian J Nucl Med. 2019 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

Elastofibroma dorsi (EFD) is a relatively rare soft-tissue pseudotumor that arises from mesenchymal tissue. We present a case of 48-year-old woman who underwent 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography for initial staging of suspected carcinoma of the left breast. Incidental detection of soft-tissue masses showing moderate FDG uptake was seen in the bilateral infrascapular location characteristic of EFD.

Keywords: Elastofibroma; fluorodeoxyglucose; positron emission tomography-computed tomography.

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Figure 1
(a) 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography maximum intensity projection image showing areas of moderately increased symmetrical fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the bilateral lower chest regions shown by solid black arrows (b and d): Axial computed tomography images showing soft tissue masses in the bilateral subscapular regions which show moderate fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the fused transaxial 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography images (solid white arrows) as seen in c, e and f - Fused transaxial fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography image showing fluorodeoxyglucose avid lesion in the left breast parenchyma (g) - Fused transaxial fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography image showing fluorodeoxyglucose avid left axillary lymph nodes
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