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ABSTRACT: Neurothekeoma is a very rare cutaneous lesion affecting mainly young patients. The lesion is generally benign. We report here that intense FDG activity on PET/CT was noted at the site of primary neurothekeoma of the right shoulder in a 16-year-old boy. Abnormal FDG activity was also seen in the metastatic neurothekeoma in the lung in the same patient 2 years later.
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Fluordesoxiglucose F18 , Neurotecoma , Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons combinada à Tomografia Computadorizada , Humanos , Masculino , Adolescente , Neurotecoma/diagnóstico por imagem , Neurotecoma/metabolismo , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Imagem MultimodalRESUMO
ABSTRACT: Majority of primary pediatric neuroblastomas occur in the abdomen, followed by posterior mediastinum. A 7-year-old girl presented worsening pain in the left shoulder, and a CT image of the chest revealed osseous destruction in the left scapula, suggestive of bone tumor. A biopsy was performed. Pathological result was consistent with neuroblastoma. A 123I scan with SPECT/CT images was performed, which showed only increased activity in the left scapula without any other foci of abnormal activity elsewhere.