title: [18-FDG PET-scan of intrathoracic gossypiboma during the monitoring of lung cancer].
abstract: The 18-FDG PET-scan is today used to monitor patients operated for non small-cell lung cancer. The presence of an intrathoracic gossypiboma (or textiloma) can be responsible for intense enhancement in a PET-scan because of inflammatory phenomenon. The authors report the case of a patient who underwent surgery for lung cancer nine years ago, where a newly discovered intrathoracic mass with intensive enhancement on PET-scan, led to concern about a local recurrence in spite of the fine-needle transthoracic biopsy identifying textile fibers in the histological examination.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital Pasteur, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, Nice, France. mouroux.j@chu-nice.fr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mouroux
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vénissac
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pop
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Padovani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rigo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D015503:Surgical Sponges / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18