title: [A case of lung cancer in which FDG-PET was useful for preoperative diagnosis].
abstract: The patient was 48-year-old woman. The patient was referred to our hospital due to detection of an abnormal shadow on a chest X-ray image during a health checkup. The results of a CT scan morphologically suggested a benign tumor, but a diagnosis could not be made even after bronchoscopic cytology. FDG-PET revealed accumulation at the tumor site suggestive of malignancy, and an operation was performed. Prompt pathological examination showed that the tumor was adenocarcinoma, and right lower lobectomy and lymphnode dissection were performed. FDG-PET is thought to be useful for diagnosis in cases of lung tumor in which a preoperative diagnosis can not be established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koizumi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18