Imaging characteristics of heterotopic mesenteric ossification on FDG PET and Tc-99m bone SPECT

S Deryk, L Goethals, C Vanhove, C Geers… - Clinical Nuclear …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
A CT scan of a 69-year-old male patient, performed for staging of suspected lung carcinoma,
incidentally showed an irregular lesion of 10 cm in the upper abdomen. Further investigation
using FDG-PET showed only moderately increased glucose metabolism, whereas Tc-99m
MDP SPECT revealed intense osteoblastic activity inside the lesion. A CT-guided biopsy
was performed and histologic analysis established the diagnosis of heterotopic mesenteric
ossification. This pathology is rare and mostly diagnosed when it is complicated by small …