Pulmonary paragonimiasis mimicking lung cancer on FDG-PET imaging.
The case of a 48-year-old man with pulmonary paragonimiasis mimicking lung cancer on positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) imaging is reported herein. Plain radiography and computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed a nodular lesion at the left pulmonary hilum. Lung cancer was strongly suggested from standardized uptake values determined on FDG-PET imaging; however, repeat chest CT revealed the lesion to have decreased in size. Pulmonary paragonimiasis was subsequently diagnosed after sputum microscopy demonstrated operculated parasitic eggs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of pulmonary paragonimiasis mimicking lung cancer on FDG-PET imaging.
Watanabe
Shun-Ichi
S
Second Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan. shun@khosp2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
Nakamura
Yoshihiro
Y
Kariatsumari
Kota
K
Nagata
Toshiyuki
T
Sakata
Ryuzo
R
Zinnouchi
Seisi
S
Date
Kenzo
K
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013183:Sputum / Q000469:parasitology; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18