title: Fluorine-18 FDG dual-head gamma camera coincidence imaging of radiation pneumonitis.
abstract: A 69-year-old man with inoperable stage I squamous cell carcinoma of the lung underwent a radical course of radiotherapy combined with platinum-based chemotherapy. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) imaging with a dual-head coincidence gamma camera system (Co-PET) diagnosed radiation pneumonitis 1 month after completion of radiotherapy, when the clinical and radiographic signs were atypical and more suggestive of carcinomatous lymphangitis. Treatment with oral steroids was begun based on FDG scan findings, with prompt clinical benefit as would be expected for radiation pneumonitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Ultrasound, Liverpool Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kiat
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pocock
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D015902:Gamma Cameras; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D017564:Radiation Pneumonitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18