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

作者信息

Bandoh Shuji, Fujita Jiro, Yamamoto Yuka, Nishiyama Yoshihiro, Ueda Yutaka, Tojo Yasunori, Ishii Tomoya, Kubo Akihito, Ishida Toshihiko

机构信息

First Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Kita-gun, Japan.

出版信息

Ann Nucl Med. 2003 Oct;17(7):597-600. doi: 10.1007/BF03006674.

DOI:10.1007/BF03006674

PMID:14651360

Abstract

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.

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