Sclerosing mediastinitis: findings on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
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.
Imran
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MB
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. imran@idac.tohoku.ac.jp
Kubota
K
K
Yoshioka
S
S
Yamada
S
S
Sato
T
T
Fukuda
H
H
Yoshioka
T
T
Kanamaru
R
R
Fujiwara
T
T
Itoh
M
M
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
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18