Positron emission tomography: a false negative result in cystic encephalic mestastases from a small cell bronchial carcinoma.
Lung cancer represents one of the most common malignant diseases. Many investigations are used in the staging study including, most recently, PET. We present a case of cystic cerebral metastases (with no oedema) from a small cell carcinoma which were not detected by PET.
Orts Giménez
David
D
Department of Internal Medicine, Elda General Hospital, Alicante, Spain. orts_dav@gva.es
Jiménez Yáñez
Rosa
R
Galán Dávila
Antonia
A
Esquerdo Galiana
Gaspar
G
Llorca Martínez
Eleuterio
E
Belso Candela
Ana
A
Mallada
Javier
J
Llorca Ferrándiz
Cristina
C
Cervera
José Manuel
JM
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography