title: [Lung hot spot as pitfall in PET-CT interpretation: focal lung uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose].
abstract: (18)F-FDG PET-CT has become an essential tool in oncology patient management. The normal distribution of the FDG and the possible artifacts (pitfalls), including those from CT-based attenuation correction, have already been described in several reviews. However, only a few cases of FDG focal lung uptake have been reported recently. We present two cases of oncology patients during a routine follow-up with this type of pitfall, without morphological correlation in the CT scan. We repeated the study in one of them, which made it possible to verify normalization of the hyperuptake, orienting us towards a possible pitfall.
authors: Medicina Nuclear, Plataforma de Oncología/Fundación Tedeca, USP Hospital San Jaime, Torrevieja, Alicante, Spain. carmen.redal@usphospitales.com
authors: M C
authors: MC
authors: Redal Peña
authors: F J
authors: FJ
authors: Pena Pardo
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Muñoz Iglesias
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Crespo-Jara
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Rebollo
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Brugarolas Masllorens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016477:Artifacts; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18