PET-CT is increasingly being employed in the diagnosis of both oncological and non-oncological patients, yet nuclear medicine physicians may have only limited practical experience of rare diseases and may experience difficulty in recognizing and interpreting rare findings. This unique atlas documents a large number of clinical cases that will help practitioners to identify findings and diseases that, though rare, are sufficiently frequent to be encountered in routine practice. Two types of cases are presented: patients evaluated for rare diseases and patients evaluated for standard diseases in whom atypical PET findings were detected. Each reported case includes a brief description of the clinical history, representative color PET-CT images obtained using FDG or other tracers, and a short explanation of the disease and findings. This atlas will enable practitioners to make conclusive reports of PET-CT scans that would otherwise have been inconclusive.

From the contents: Part 1: FDG: Rare Diseases: Giant cell tumor (GCT)

Pulmonary amylodosis
Pneumoconiosis
Pulmonary aspergillosis
Pulmonary scar cancer
HIV-related pneumonia
Pulmonary sarcoidosis
Varicella pneumonia
Castleman disease
Perivalvular abscess
Hepatic abscess
Pediatric hepatic hilar abscess
Basal-cell carcinoma
Graves-Basedow disease
Erysipelas
Initial stage discitis
Erdheim-Chester disease
Necrotizing fasciitis
Vaquez disease
Peritoneal catheter infection
Implantable cardiac device infection
Thoracic aortic graft infection
Rheumatoid arthritis
Idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis
Spinal disc herniation
Mesenteritis
Osteomyelitis of the foot
Peritoneal mesothelioma
Lymphoma of the brain
Osteomyelitis of the sternum
Paget's disease
Post surgical bone infection
Pigmented villonodular synovitis.