title: Elevated FDG uptake in right middle segmental bronchus impacted with foreign body.
abstract: A 62-year-old man with recurrent episodes of coughing underwent a whole-body FDG PET/CT scan to evaluate possible lung malignancy. The PET images showed increased FDG uptake in the right side of the bronchus corresponding to a foreign body on the concurrent CT images. The foreign body was subsequently removed through bronchofiberscopy and was proven to be a fishbone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Jinhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D003371:Cough; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18