Pigmented villonodular synovitis mimics metastases on fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose position emission tomography-computed tomography

Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a benign joint disease best characterized on magnetic mesonance imaging (MRI). The role of fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) position emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) in the diagnosis or characterization remains unclear. PVNS displays as a focal FDG avid lesion, which can masquerade as a metastatic lesion, on PET-CET. We present a case of PVNS found on surveillance imaging of a lymphoma patient.