title: An unusual case of a solitary pulmonary nodule associated with an abscess correctly distinguished by Pet/Ct fusion imaging.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Service, PET Unit, Umberto I Mestre Hospital, Venezia, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dei Rossi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cracco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rampin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Nahhas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muzzio
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rubello
mesh_terms: 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