"Bilateral Hot Forearm Sign": Ingeminating the Pattern of Physiological Uptake of 18F-Fludeoxyglucose.

Abstract

Exertion and exercise increase glucose metabolism within the skeletal muscles causing increased fludeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on ¹⁸F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). Here, we present findings of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with acute viral hepatitis A-induced liver failure with multiple foci of pyoderma and incessant itching resulting in increased FDG uptake in the muscles of the bilateral forearm, producing the "bilateral hot forearm sign."