Findings of intramediastinal gossypiboma with F-18 FDG PET in a melanoma patient

Jian Q. Yu, Barton N. Milestone, Rosaleen B. Parsons, Mohan Doss, Naomi Haas

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Abstract

FDG PET/CT scan was performed to evaluate recurrence in an asymptomatic 64-year-old man with a history of melanoma in the left posterior ear. PET/CT images showed an intense ring-shaped area of FDG activity in the posterior mediastinum in a large posterior mediastinal mass. However, further evaluation indicated that this activity was caused by an intramediastinal gossypiboma after coronary artery bypass graft surgery 4 years before the PET/CT scan.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)344-345
Number of pages2
JournalClinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume33
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2008

Keywords

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Foreign-Body Reaction/diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Male
  • Melanoma/diagnostic imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron-Emission Tomography/methods
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Surgical Sponges/adverse effects

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