TY - JOUR
T1 - 18F-FDG PET/CT Findings in a Young Man With Fatal Complications From Self-administered Esthetic Paraffin Injections
AU - Dubdal, Julie
AU - Bomark, Daniel
AU - Hundahl, Laura Amalie Kohl
AU - Asmar, Ali
AU - Guldbrandsen, Kasper
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PY - 2025/6/11
Y1 - 2025/6/11
N2 - A 34-year-old man with a history of self-administering paraffin injections to the upper extremities and pectoral muscles for esthetic enhancement underwent an [18F]FDG PET/CT scan. Images show disseminated hypodense granulomas, representing oil deposits, throughout the upper extremity and chest musculature. Extensive calcifications were present throughout the body, infiltrating muscles, subcutaneous tissues, and scrotum, and depositing in the kidneys as nephrolithiasis as well as in the vascular walls.
AB - A 34-year-old man with a history of self-administering paraffin injections to the upper extremities and pectoral muscles for esthetic enhancement underwent an [18F]FDG PET/CT scan. Images show disseminated hypodense granulomas, representing oil deposits, throughout the upper extremity and chest musculature. Extensive calcifications were present throughout the body, infiltrating muscles, subcutaneous tissues, and scrotum, and depositing in the kidneys as nephrolithiasis as well as in the vascular walls.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105008317578&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000006025
DO - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000006025
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 40495321
SN - 0363-9762
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
M1 - e06025
ER -