18F-FDG PET/MRI of Rhinosporidiosis of the Upper Airways

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Oct;45(10):e461-e462. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003138.

Abstract

A 41-year-old man from South Asia presented with a several months' history of unilateral nasal obstruction and bleeding. At nasal endoscopy, two strawberry-like, friable, polypoid masses in the upper airways were detected. The patient's clinical trait was compatible with an infectious disease. F-FDG PET/MRI was performed to evaluate the disease extension. Two lesions occupying the nasal cavity and the nasopharynx, slightly hyperintense in T2-weighted sequences, with intense radiopharmaceutical uptake were evidenced. Endoscopic resection was performed with histopathologic diagnosis of rhinosporidiosis, a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi. Although rare, rhinosporidiosis should be considered in the differential diagnoses of sinonasal hypermetabolic lesions.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endoscopy
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Respiratory System / diagnostic imaging*
  • Rhinosporidiosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Rhinosporidiosis / pathology

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18