Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

A Case of Focal Haematopoietic Hyperplasia of a Vertebral Body and Review of the Modern Literature

Abstract

Detti Detti, Silvia Scoccianti, Sara Cassani, Samantha Cipressi, Ciro Franzese, Daniele Scartoni, Lucia di Brina, Tommaso Cai and Giampaolo Biti

We report on a case of focal haematopoietic hyperplasia occurring in the haematopoietic marrow in a lumbar vertebral body, of a young man. The PET scan performed showed high uptake of the radiotracer in the vertebral body of L3 and a MRI of the lumbar spine confirmed the vertebral lesion. A biopsy of the L3 vertebral body lesion was performed and the histological result was of chronic myeloproliferative disease but the analysis performed consequently excluded the diagnosis of chronic myeloproliferative disorder, according to the WHO criteria. Focal benign hyperplasia is regarded a late reactive process after trauma, as well as the case reported