Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Chronic Osteomyelitis in Sternum Mimicking Bone Metastasis of Lung Cancer Patient

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  • Im, Hyung-Jun (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Yu-Kyeong (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Mi (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Won-Woo (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Eun (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital)
  • 임형준 (서울대학교 의과대학 분당서울대학교병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 김유경 (서울대학교 의과대학 분당서울대학교병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 이상미 (서울대학교 의과대학 분당서울대학교병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 이원우 (서울대학교 의과대학 분당서울대학교병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 김상은 (서울대학교 의과대학 분당서울대학교병원 핵의학과)
  • Published : 2009.06.30
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Abstract

Primary sternal osteomyelitis without predisposing factors is a rare condition, and it is hardly differentiated from metastatic bone tumor especially in patient with the history of primary malignancy because osteomyelities shares frequently common findings with metastatic bone lesion on $^{18}F$-FDG PET and bone scan, Although there have been several publications of primary osteomyelitis mimicking bone metastasis in the spine or extremities, we report a case of primary sternal osteomyelitis in the patient with lung cancer, which has, to our knowledge, not been reported before.

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