A case of lung cancer associated with pneumoconiosis diagnosed by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
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.
Bandoh
Shuji
S
First Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Kita-gun, Japan. sbandoh@mailbox.kms.ac.jp
Fujita
Jiro
J
Yamamoto
Yuka
Y
Nishiyama
Yoshihiro
Y
Ueda
Yutaka
Y
Tojo
Yasunori
Y
Ishii
Tomoya
T
Kubo
Akihito
A
Ishida
Toshihiko
T
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*
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18