Table 1: Comparisons of FDG uptake on skeletal and cardiac involvement pre-treatment vs post-treatment.

Skeletal Involvement

August 2013

(FDG uptake-SUV max)

February 2014

(FDG uptake – SUV max)

Humeral heads

Right 10.2

Right 6.0

Distal humeri

Right 14.6

Left 9.2

Right 9.3

Left 6.2

Femoral greater trochanter

Right 25.1

Left 24.0

Right 14.2

Left 13.6

Tibia plateau

Right 25.3

Left 29.2

Right 19.9

Left 17.7

Distal tibial

Right 20.1

Left 21.7

Right 9.2

Left 10

Calcaneal

Right 16.8

Left 17.1

Right 10.1

Left 10.7

Cardiac Involvement

August 2013

 (FDG uptake-SUV max)

February 2014

 (FDG uptake – SUV max)

Thoracic Aorta

3.31

2.87

Left main/left circumflex/right coronary arteries

Unable to quantify

Unable to quantify

Pulmonary Involvement

Small volume mildly FDG avid mediastinal nodes in the prevascular and precarinal stations

No change

Pleural

Pleural thickening both lower lobes

Stable pleural thickening both lower lobes

Abdomen and Pelvis

Celiac and Superior mesenteric arteries

Stable non metabolic

Stable non metabolic

Head and Neck

No hypermetabolic uptake of cervical nodes, nasopharynx, oropharynx and thyroid

No hypermetabolic uptake of cervical nodes, nasopharynx, oropharynx and thyroid

Brain

No uptake

No uptake