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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2021; 20(02): 185-187
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_70_20
Case Report

Lung cancer metastasis mimicking fingertip osteomyelitis: An 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography study

Chiara Cottignoli
Department of Nuclear Medicine, “Ospedali Riuniti” Hospital, Ancona, Italy
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Cinzia Romagnolo
Department of Nuclear Medicine, “Ospedali Riuniti” Hospital, Ancona, Italy
,
Fabio Fringuelli
Department of Nuclear Medicine, “Ospedali Riuniti” Hospital, Ancona, Italy
,
Luca Burroni
Department of Nuclear Medicine, “Ospedali Riuniti” Hospital, Ancona, Italy
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Abstract

Lung cancer commonly metastasizes to ipsilateral and contralateral lungs, to mediastinal lymph nodes, to skeletal level, to brain, and to adrenal gland. It is indeed very rare to find skeletal metastases at the extremities, especially at the onset of the disease. We share the case of a 53-year-old man with dyspnea and pain at the level of the first finger of the left hand under antibiotic treatment for suspected osteomyelitis. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography showed the presence of a left lung lesion with multiple localizations at muscles and bones.

Keywords

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose - bone metastasis - lung cancer - osteoarthritis - positron emission tomography–computed tomography

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Publication History

Received: 09 July 2020

Accepted: 19 July 2020

Article published online:
24 March 2022

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