Endometrioma presenting as a cavitary lung mass with intense 18F-FDG uptake on PET-CT.
[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.
Derman
Anna Y
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Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
Sperling
Dan
D
Merav
Avraham
A
Jain
Vineet R
VR
Levin
Miles
M
Jana
Suman
S
Haramati
Linda B
LB
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*
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18