[PET-CT in evaluation of pulmonary nodule--case report].
A 52-year-old woman underwent a left nephrectomy for clear cell type renal carcinoma. One year after, chest computed tomography revealed the presence of small nodule (7 mm) in 9th segment of right lung. Radiological examination not make possible to determine a character of the nodule. Positron emission tomography with computed tomography in patient no demonstrated increased fluorodeoxyglucose uptake typical for malignant tumors. Diagnosis of the small peripheral nodules in the lung is very difficult. The most important specificity and sensitivity to distinguish benign from malignant was described for PET-CT. It is first paper in Poland about use of the PET-CT in differential diagnosis small nodules in lung.
Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Family Medicine, Poland. tmzielonka@wp.pl
Tadeusz M
TM
Zielonka
Jacek
J
Pietrzykowski
Kazimierz A
KA
Wardyn
D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18