title: Sclerosing mediastinitis: findings on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
abstract: Whole-body serial positron emission tomography scanning was done using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) in a patient with a mediastinal mass. Uptake correlated well with the clinical symptoms and aggressiveness of the disease. Based on the F-18 FDG findings, a biopsy specimen was taken from the active region of the mass, which confirmed the diagnosis of sclerosing mediastinitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. imran@idac.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Imran
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kanamaru
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012598:Sclerosis; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18