Unusual positron emission tomography findings in pulmonary amyloidosis: a case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Positron emission tomography (PET) has come to play an increasingly important role in the evaluation of pulmonary lesions, which are suspicious of malignancy. As is true for other techniques, PET gives false positive and negative results. We report a case of pulm...
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| author | Sharma Sanjay Yadav Sumit Gilfillan Ian |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Positron emission tomography (PET) has come to play an increasingly important role in the evaluation of pulmonary lesions, which are suspicious of malignancy. As is true for other techniques, PET gives false positive and negative results. We report a case of pulmonary amyloidosis with multiple pulmonary nodules showing different uptake of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) on PET. There are limitations of specificity of FDG-PET in characterising pulmonary nodules and it is important to confirm a suspected malignancy with histology before potentially curative treatment is undertaken.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad7af1b4b5c148c18205daf3c6b9a1422022-12-22T02:11:58ZengBMCJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery1749-80902006-10-01113210.1186/1749-8090-1-32Unusual positron emission tomography findings in pulmonary amyloidosis: a case reportSharma SanjayYadav SumitGilfillan Ian<p>Abstract</p> <p>Positron emission tomography (PET) has come to play an increasingly important role in the evaluation of pulmonary lesions, which are suspicious of malignancy. As is true for other techniques, PET gives false positive and negative results. We report a case of pulmonary amyloidosis with multiple pulmonary nodules showing different uptake of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) on PET. There are limitations of specificity of FDG-PET in characterising pulmonary nodules and it is important to confirm a suspected malignancy with histology before potentially curative treatment is undertaken.</p>http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/1/1/32 |
| spellingShingle | Sharma Sanjay Yadav Sumit Gilfillan Ian Unusual positron emission tomography findings in pulmonary amyloidosis: a case report Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| title | Unusual positron emission tomography findings in pulmonary amyloidosis: a case report |
| title_full | Unusual positron emission tomography findings in pulmonary amyloidosis: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Unusual positron emission tomography findings in pulmonary amyloidosis: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unusual positron emission tomography findings in pulmonary amyloidosis: a case report |
| title_short | Unusual positron emission tomography findings in pulmonary amyloidosis: a case report |
| title_sort | unusual positron emission tomography findings in pulmonary amyloidosis a case report |
| url | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/1/1/32 |
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