title: F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-positive benign adrenal cortical adenoma: imaging features and pathologic correlation.
abstract: Accurate characterization of adrenal lesions in lung cancer is essential in the staging of the disease. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging as well as fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging are used to differentiate adrenal metastases from benign adenomas. Although FDG-PET is highly accurate in this regard, benign adrenal cortical adenomas have been shown to accumulate FDG, although to a lesser degree. We present a patient with a history of lung cancer and FDG accumulation in a benign adenoma, probably reflecting areas of chronic inflammation also seen within the gland at pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Hospital of St. Raphael, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA. srao@srhs.org
authors.forename: Sameet K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Vicente J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Caride
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ponn
authors.forename: Esthia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giakovis
authors.forename: Sin Hang
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018246:Adrenocortical Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18