Giant Cell Tumor Pulmonary Metastases Mimic Primary Malignant Pulmonary Nodules on 18F-FDG PET/CT
| Autor: | William Makis, Ayoub Nahal, Javier A. Novales-Diaz, Yazan Z. Alabed, Marc Hickeson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Solitary pulmonary nodule
PET-CT medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Lung business.industry Case Report Histology Nodule (medicine) Malignancy medicine.disease carbohydrates (lipids) medicine.anatomical_structure Giant cell medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Fdg pet ct Radiology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 46:134-137 |
| ISSN: | 1869-3482 1869-3474 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13139-012-0134-z |
| Popis: | A 59-year-old man with a 30-year history of multiple recurrences of a giant cell tumor (GCT) of the left knee was referred for an (18)F-FDG PET/CT to evaluate a solitary pulmonary nodule. The nodule was mildly FDG-avid, raising suspicion of malignancy. It was excised and histologically proven to be a GCT pulmonary metastasis. A follow-up PET/CT done 2 years later revealed a new, larger lung mass that was more intensely FDG-avid, but of the same histology. This rare report highlights a pitfall in the evaluation of solitary pulmonary lesions by (18)F-FDG PET/CT in patients with GCT of the bone. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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