Goyal Harish, Sainath Ragire, Viswanathan Rahul, Ganesan Prasanth, Halanaik Dhanapathi
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education Research, Puducherry, India.
Department of Medical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education Research, Puducherry, India.
Indian J Nucl Med. 2025 May-Jun;40(3):183-184. doi: 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_43_25. Epub 2025 Aug 7.
We present a unique case of a heart-shaped lesion identified on Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging in a patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the left lung. The patient, initially diagnosed with a mass in the left upper lobe and a lytic lesion in the L3 vertebra, underwent chemoradiation therapy. Subsequent imaging revealed significant metabolic activity reduction in lung and vertebral lesions. This case emphasizes the occasional atypical and visually intriguing patterns encountered in PET/CT imaging.
我们报告了一例独特的病例,在一名左肺转移性腺癌患者的氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描(PET/CT)成像中发现了一个心形病变。该患者最初被诊断为左上叶肿块和L3椎体溶骨性病变,接受了放化疗。随后的影像学检查显示肺部和椎体病变的代谢活性显著降低。该病例强调了PET/CT成像中偶尔会遇到的非典型且视觉上引人关注的模式。