Two cases of pulmonary paragonimiasis on FDG-PET CT imaging.
Ann Nucl Med
; 20(4): 311-5, 2006 May.
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ABSTRACT
Positron emission tomography (PET) using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is useful in cancer diagnosis owing to its sensitivity to the differences in glucose metabolic rate between benign and malignant diseases, especially in the lung. One pitfall in PET imaging of lung disease, however, is the overlap in metabolic rate of inflammatory and neoplastic entities. Paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic disease that causes the pulmonary and pleural inflammation. We present two cases of pulmonary paragonimiasis that showed high uptake suggestive of tumor on FDG-PET CT images, both confirmed on histopathology by visualization of Paragonimus westermani eggs in the involved tissues.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Paragonimiasis
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Aumento de la Imagen
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Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X
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Técnica de Sustracción
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Fluorodesoxiglucosa F18
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Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones
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Enfermedades Pulmonares
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann Nucl Med
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA NUCLEAR
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article