Pitfalls in interpretation of FDG PET/CT: Septic pulmonary emboli mimicking metastases in a case of gastric carcinoma

Inflammatory lesions may sometimes show intense tracer uptake and mimic neoplastic lesions on (18) F-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). We report one such false positive case on FDG PET/CT, where septic pulmonary emboli (SPE) mimicked pulmonary metas...

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Autores principales: Singh, Harkirat, Alam, Aftab, Tilak, T V S V G K, Kinra, Prateek, Soni, Brijesh K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Thorax
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5201088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28104952
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.195792

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5201088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28104952
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.195792

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