A Case of False Positive FDG PET/CT Scan Due To Foreign Body Granuloma Mimicking Malignant Disease: Case Report

1326 ositron emission tomography (PET) with 18-FDG has a role in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer, but is also appealing for the detection of recurrence and monitoring of therapeutic efficacy.1 The high sensitivity of FDG PET allows accurate identification of disease extension and therefore minimizes the need for extra diagnostic procedures.2 However, a wide range of diseases including inflammatory and benign disorders, and physiologic variants have been shown to accumulate remarkable amounts of FDG.3 In patients with a proven malignancy, new uptakes of 18FDG on A Case of False Positive FDG PET/CT Scan Due To Foreign Body Granuloma Mimicking Malignant Disease: Case Report