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Varying degrees of FDG uptake in multiple benign neurofibromas on PET/CT

Departments of ¹ Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, ² Thoracic surgery and ³ Pathology, St Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 93 Ji-dong, Paldal-gu, 442–723 Suwon, Korea

Correspondence: Myeong Im Ahn, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 93 Ji-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Korea. E-mail: ami{at}catholic.ac.kr

We report fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) findings of three neurofibromas in the mediastinum and neck in a 26-year-old woman with neurofibromatosis type 1. PET/CT scans demonstrated varying degrees of FDG uptake with maximum standard uptake values (SUV_max) of 5.3, 1.8 and 3.2 for left lower neck, left paratracheal and right paravertebral masses, respectively. Surgical resections were carried out and histopathology confirmed three benign neurofibromas with various tissue components and cellularities.

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