title: Endometrioma presenting as a cavitary lung mass with intense 18F-FDG uptake on PET-CT.
abstract: [18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography computed tomography is a useful tool to suggest the diagnosis of malignant processes. However, false positive results are known to occur in benign lesions that have a high metabolic activity. Here we describe the unusual diagnosis of a pulmonary endometrioma in a 47-year-old woman, presenting as a cavitary lung mass with intense (18)F-FDG uptake on PET-CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
authors.forename: Anna Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Derman
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sperling
authors.forename: Avraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merav
authors.forename: Vineet R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Miles
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jana
authors.forename: Linda B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Haramati
mesh_terms: D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D035583:Rare Diseases; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18