Diagnosis of Multiple Primary Intestinal-Type Adenocarcinoma in the Lung by 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2018 Sep;43(9):693-694. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002171.

Abstract

A 74-year-old man with multiple soft tissue lesions in the lung, which were suspected to be metastatic neoplasms, underwent F-FDG PET/CT scan to detect primary malignancy. The images demonstrated that the lung and 2 retroperitoneal lymph nodes were the only affected organ or tissues with suspected primary lung neoplasms. Multiple intestinal-type adenocarcinoma was eventually diagnosed by CT-guided transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung
  • Aged
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18