18 F-FDG PET/CT image of tenosynovial giant cell tumor in the thoracic vertebra.

Diffuse-type tenosynovial giant cell tumor (D-TSGCT) is a destructive benign tumor-like proliferative disease. Diffuse-type tenosynovial giant cell tumorrarely arises from the axial skeleton. We report a case of image findings of D-TSGCT in the thoracic vertebra. On fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) image, it presented a lytic bone destruction of 6th thoracic vertebra, vertebral processes as well as adjacent sixth rib with intense 18 F-FDG uptake. Our case hints another unusual D-TSGCT image characteristic, which should be considered as a differential diagnosis when we interpret similar sign on 18 F-FDG PET/CT.