Pulmonary Paragonimus westermani with false-positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography mimicking primary lung cancer.
We report the case of a 66-year-old woman with pulmonary Paragoniumus westermani showing false-positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomograpy (FDG-PET). Based on chest computed tomography and FDG-PET findings, we could not rule out the possibility of primary lung cancer. She underwent right middle and lower lobectomies as a primary lung cancer. As a possibility in the differential diagnosis of a pulmonary nodule with FDG-PET positive findings, paragonimiasis should be considered, although it is rarely seen.
Department of Chest Surgery, Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, 1-3-46 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0001, Japan. tosakih1@aih-net.com
Toshihiro
T
Osaki
Tatsuo
T
Takama
Makoto
M
Nakagawa
Tsunehiro
T
Oyama
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001964:Bromhexine; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D048492:Paragonimus westermani; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D001964:Bromhexine