title: A case of lung cancer associated with pneumoconiosis diagnosed by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
abstract: We report a case of lung cancer arising from progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) associated with pneumoconiosis. In this case, fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) was able to clearly distinguish the lung cancer from PMF, suggesting a potential usefulness of FDG-PET in cancer screening in patients with pneumoconiosis. To our knowledge, this is the first description of an FDG-PET image of lung cancer arising from PMF.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Kita-gun, Japan. sbandoh@mailbox.kms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bandoh
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tojo
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18