Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis Presenting as “Eyebrows” Sign on 18F FDG PET/CT-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis Presenting as “Eyebrows” Sign on 18F FDG PET/CT

Published:2022-08-16 Issue:03 Volume:21 Page:236-238
ISSN:1450-1147
Container-title:World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:World J Nucl Med

Author:

Vankadari Kousik¹,Alwala Surendar²,Kumar Komal³,Ram Sai¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad, Telangana, India

2. Department of Radiology, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad, Telangana, India

3. Department of Neurology, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad, Telangana, India

Abstract

AbstractHypertrophic pachymeningitis refers to linear or nodular thickening of the dura mater covering the brain and spinal cord following various inflammatory/infective processes. Usually, magnetic resonance imaging brain shows uniform thickening with enhancement of involved meninges. Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) findings of pachymeningitis are rarely reported in literature. We describe the PET/CT findings of a patient with hypertrophic pachymeningitis involving the bilateral supraorbital regions depicting as “eyebrows” on brain maximum intensity projection image.

Publisher

Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Link

http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0042-1750014.pdf

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