Positron emission tomography in the diagnosis and management of primary pediatric lung tumors.
Pediatr Radiol
; 54(5): 671-683, 2024 05.
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| ID: mdl-38231400
ABSTRACT
Primary pediatric lung tumors are uncommon and have many overlapping clinical and imaging features. In contrast to adult lung tumors, these rare pediatric neoplasms have a relatively broad histologic spectrum. Informed by a single-institution 13-year retrospective record review, we present an overview of the most common primary pediatric lung neoplasms, with a focus on the role of positron emission tomography (PET), specifically 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET, in the management of primary pediatric lung tumors. In addition to characteristic conventional radiographic and cross-sectional imaging findings, knowledge of patient age, underlying cancer predisposition syndromes, and PET imaging features may help narrow the differential. While metastases from other primary malignancies remain the most commonly encountered pediatric lung malignancy, the examples presented in this pictorial essay highlight many of the important conventional radiologic and PET imaging features of primary pediatric lung malignancies.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Radiopharmaceuticals
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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Language:
En
Year:
2024
Type:
Article