Significance of subcentimetre 18F-FDG PET/CT pulmonary abnormality in patients with known extrapulmonary malignancy
- Author:
Fathinul Fikri AS
;
Lau WFE
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Significance;
Subcentimetre;
Single Pulmonary Nodule;
FDG-PET
- From:Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal
2010;6(4):1-4
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The significance of a subcentimetre 18F-FDG PET/CT pulmonary abnormality in a patient with known
extrapulmonary primary malignancy can have a major impact on the clinical management of the patient. The clinician’s
reliance on the semi-quantitative and qualitative PET/CT analysis of the abnormality has, at times, led to untoward
diagnostic problems, given the limited spatial resolution of PET for a small volume lesion performed as part of the
standard PET/CT study. This paper highlights a case each of an FDG-positive and an FDG-negative focal pulmonary
abnormality in a combined PET/CT study of patients with known extrapulmonary malignancy.
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