A case of lung cancer associated with pneumoconiosis diagnosed by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.

Autor: Bandoh S; First Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Kita-gun, Japan. sbandoh@mailbox.kms.ac.jp, Fujita J, Yamamoto Y, Nishiyama Y, Ueda Y, Tojo Y, Ishii T, Kubo A, Ishida T
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Annals of nuclear medicine [Ann Nucl Med] 2003 Oct; Vol. 17 (7), pp. 597-600.
DOI: 10.1007/BF03006674
Abstrakt: We report a case of lung cancer arising from progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) associated with pneumoconiosis. In this case, fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) was able to clearly distinguish the lung cancer from PMF, suggesting a potential usefulness of FDG-PET in cancer screening in patients with pneumoconiosis. To our knowledge, this is the first description of an FDG-PET image of lung cancer arising from PMF.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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