title: Integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: normal variants and pitfalls.
abstract: The purpose of this pictorial essay is to illustrate a spectrum of normal variants and potential pitfalls in integrated positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging in the evaluation of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Knowledge of the normal variants and potential pitfalls in PET/CT imaging as well as patients' clinical histories, together with the use of CT to localize foci of increased tracer uptake accurately, is useful in preventing misinterpretation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Imaging, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030, USA. mtruong@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Mylene T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Truong
authors.forename: Jeremy J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Erasmus
authors.forename: Homer A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Macapinlac
authors.forename: Edith M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Marom
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mawlawi
authors.forename: Gregory W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Gladish
authors.forename: Bradley S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Sabloff
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bruzzi
authors.forename: Reginald F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Munden
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D016477:Artifacts; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D003287:Contrast Media; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18