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Classic biphasic pulmonary blastoma demonstrated by 18F-FDG PET/CT.

Classic biphasic pulmonary blastoma demonstrated by 18F-FDG PET/CT. Clinical nuclear medicine Keu, K. V., Berry, G. J., Quon, A. 2014; 39 (4): 346-348

Abstract

A 75-year-old nonsmoker woman was referred for the evaluation of a nonsecretory left adrenal lesion. An abdominal contrast-enhanced CT showed an incidental left lower lobe mass, which was confirmed on a chest contrast-enhanced CT. A F-FDG PET/CT showed a hypermetabolic tumor without nodal or distant metastasis. She underwent a lobectomy, and the final pathology reported a classic biphasic pulmonary blastoma, which is an uncommon histological form of malignant lung neoplasm. This case highlighted the glucose avidity of this rare and aggressive cancer.

View details for DOI 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31828e987c

View details for PubMedID 23989445