Incidental Detection of NSTEMI on Whole-body [18F] FDG PET/CT
Besides tumor imaging, <sup>18</sup>fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is equally useful for the detection of inflammatory diseases such as polymyalgia rheumatica and large vessel vasculitis. Critical incidental findings might be observed with FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) needing urgent medical attention and intervention. We present a case of an 81-year-old patient with a history of polymyalgia rheumatica. Cardiac activity representing an evolving non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction was detected incidentally by FDG PET/CT.
Authors
- Klaus Strobel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3369-4665)
- Ujwal Bhure (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8262-8501)
- Raban Jeger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1290-5491)
- Tatjana Leike
- Hannes Grünig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1188-3043)
- Nina Lampe
Institutions
- University of Lucerne (CH)
- Triemli Hospital (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_163_24
- Primary Topic
- Vasculitis and related conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00