Synchronous triple thymoma and true thymic hyperplasia simultaneously detected by (18)F FDG PET-CT

Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol. 2015 Jul-Aug;34(4):272-4. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2015.02.002. Epub 2015 Mar 12.

Authors

G Leuzzi¹, M Marino², G Alessandrini³, R Sciuto⁴, E Pescarmona², F Facciolo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Surgery Unit, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute - IFO, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: gio.leuzzi@yahoo.it.
² Division of Pathology, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute - IFO, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Surgery Unit, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute - IFO, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Division of Nuclear Medicine, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute - IFO, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 25771094
DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2015.02.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Dyspnea / etiology
Female
Fluorine Radioisotopes
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Hyperplasia
Middle Aged
Pneumonectomy
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
Radiopharmaceuticals
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnostic imaging
Thymectomy
Thymoma / diagnostic imaging*
Thymoma / pathology
Thymoma / surgery
Thymus Gland / diagnostic imaging*
Thymus Gland / pathology
Thymus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Thymus Neoplasms / pathology
Thymus Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

Fluorine Radioisotopes
Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18