Aseptic Loosening of Elbow Prostheses Diagnosed on F-18 FDG PET/CT

作者:Harisankar Chidambaram Natrajan Balasubramanian; Mittal Bhagwant Rai*; Bhattacharya Anish; Parmar Madan; Singh Baljinder
来源:Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2010, 35(11): 886-887.
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181f49e16

摘要

A 35-year-old woman, having recurrent pain after total elbow arthroplasty, was subjected to positron emission tomography/computed tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG PET/CT) to rule out infected orthopedic hardware. A diagnosis of aseptic loosening was made based on the gram staining and 9 months of clinical follow-up. This case report highlights the utility of FDG PET/CT in evaluation of painful elbow prostheses and describes the FDG uptake pattern in confirmed case of aseptic loosening.