title: A 79-Year-Old Man With Interstitial Lung Disease and Cryptic Area of High 18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake in Left Upper Lobe.
abstract: Seven years after left hemicolectomy and radical lymph nodal dissection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy for colorectal cancer (histotype, adenocarcinoma; stage, pT3N2M0; grading, G2), a slight increase in carcinoembryonic antigen levels (6.2 ng/mL; range, 0-5 ng/mL) was detected in a 79-year-old man. He was a heavy smoker with history of an interstitial fibrotic lung disease with associated areas of emphysema.
authors.affiliation: Units of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy. Electronic address: cristian.rapicetta@asmn.re.it.
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rapicetta
authors.affiliation: Units of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lococo
authors.affiliation: Units of Pneumology, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carbonelli
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS)-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia; Section of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sverzellati
authors.affiliation: Units of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Liberata
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Di Paolo
authors.affiliation: Units of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavazza
authors.affiliation: Units of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.affiliation: Units of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ricchetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Parma, Parma; and Unit of Oncology and General Medicine, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gasparini
authors.affiliation: Research Activities and Systems Medicine, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cesario
authors.affiliation: Units of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sgarbi
authors.affiliation: Units of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Loris
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brandi
authors.affiliation: Units of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital E. Franchini, Montecchio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paci
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000150:complications*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000494:pharmacology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18