Two cases of small cell lung cancer with bony metastases diagnosed with FDG - PET despite a normal planar bone scan.
- Author:
Seo Yonug SONG
1
;
Joon Young CHOI
;
Choong Hyoun RHEE
;
Won Seog KIM
;
Sung Soo YOON
;
Hong Gi LEE
;
Won Gi KANG
;
Chan Hyun PARK
;
Byung Tae KIM
;
Keun Chil PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Lung neoplams;
Fludeoxyglucose F18;
Tomography;
Emission - computed;
Bone and bones;
Neoplasm metastasis;
Carcinoma;
Smal cell
- MeSH:
Bone and Bones;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Radionuclide Imaging;
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2000;59(4):467-471
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bone scintigraphy is a very sensitive and cost-effective diagnostic method for detecting bony metastases of malignant neoplasm. However it has been reported that bone scan is less sensitive for early bony metastases, especially vertebral metastases. PET is a non-invasive clinical imaging methodology that can be used to assess such biochemical disturbance in tissue in vivo quantitatively with high resolution.We experienced two cases of small cell lung cancer with multiple bony metastases which were detected on PET imaging but not on planar bone scan. This case report suggests that FDG-PET will be a very effective diagnostic tool for bony metastases especially in clinically suspected case despite a normal planar bone scan.
