Drinking Large Volume of Hot Water May Cause Increased 18 F-FDG Uptake in Esophagus.

Guo, Ziyu; Dong, Ziqian; Chen, Feilong; Wei, Lingge; Xie, Peng · Clin Nucl Med · 2024

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We present 2 cases of diffuse FDG accumulation in the esophagus due to drinking hot water before an 18 F-FDG PET/CT scan. Drinking large volume of hot water immediately before the FDG PET/CT study may lead to challenges in the interpretation of the hypermetabolic esophagus.

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