An unusual case of a solitary pulmonary nodule associated with an abscess correctly distinguished by Pet/Ct fusion imaging.
The case of a male patient affected by concomitant solitary pulmonary nodule and chest abscess located on the same side and each close to the other is reported. The importance in differential diagnosis of these two lesions obtained by the 18F-FDG PET/CT fusion imaging examination is discussed.
Dei Rossi
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F
Nuclear Medicine Service, PET Unit, Umberto I Mestre Hospital, Venezia, Italy.
Cracco
E
E
Rampin
L
L
Al-Nahhas
A
A
Muzzio
P
P
Rubello
D
D
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed