title: Thymic Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Displayed on 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging.
abstract: A 52-year-old man presented with chest distress and low back pain for 1 month. CT examination displayed a thymic tumor with the metastases to bilateral lungs as well as mediastinal and bilateral hilar lymph nodes. To evaluate the involved extent of the disease, F-FDG PET/CT scan was carried out, which showed that in addition to the thymic mass, multiple foci of abnormally increased FDG activity in the bilateral lungs, neck and chest lymph nodes, and bones were observed. Finally, the biopsy of the mass confirmed the diagnosis of thymic small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; †Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging; Departments of ‡Pathology, and §Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yanli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luan
authors.forename: Yongxing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hongcheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18