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Evaluation of ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake and Arterial Wall Calcifications Using ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
² The B. Rapaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

View larger version (51K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 1. A 71-y-old woman with a history of breast carcinoma and colon cancer and a medical history of hypertension. CT (A), 18F-FDG PET (B), and fused PET/CT (C) images show CT calcifications in wall of thoracic aorta with (arrow) and without (arrowhead) focal 18F-FDG uptake.

View larger version (41K): [in a new window]   FIGURE 2. A 72-y-old man with colon carcinoma and known ischemic heart disease and who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting 13 y previously. CT (A), 18F-FDG PET (B), and fused PET/CT (C) images show focally increased 18F-FDG uptake in wall of thoracic aorta (arrows) with no corresponding CT calcification.