MRI and FDG PET/CT Findings in 3 Cases of Spinal Infectious Arachnoiditis

作者：Dong Aisheng; Zuo Changjing; Zhang Ping; Lu Jianping; Bai Yushu^*

来源：Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2014, 39(10): 900-903.

DOI：10.1097/rlu.0000000000000310

• arachnoiditis
• meningitis
• infection
• inflammation
• MRI
• FDG
• PET/CT

Spinal arachnoiditis is a disease characterized by inflammation and scarring of the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord. FDG PET/CT findings of spinal arachnoiditis have been rarely reported. We present 3 cases of spinal infectious arachnoiditis (1 pyogenic and 2 tuberculous). MRI was performed in these 3 cases showing thickened spinal meninges with marked enhancement. FDG PET/CT was performed in 2 cases showing intense linear FDG uptake along the spinal canal. The combination of MRI and FDG PET/CT may be helpful in identifying the infectious sites and evaluating the activity of the infection.

• 出版日期2014-10
• 单位中国人民解放军第二军医大学