Positron emission tomography staging of pleural deposits following Monaldi's procedure: an accurate reflection or a false staging? | Zendy

Nael Al-Sarraf | Zendy; Kishore Doddakula | Zendy; Trude B. Wedde | Zendy; Vincent Young | Zendy

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Positron emission tomography staging of pleural deposits following Monaldi's procedure: an accurate reflection or a false staging?

Author(s) -

Nael Al-Sarraf,

Kishore Doddakula,

Trude B. Wedde,

Vincent Young

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 56

eISSN - 1569-9293

pISSN - 1569-9285

DOI - 10.1510/icvts.2006.141598

Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , lung cancer staging , radiology , lung cancer , cancer staging , nuclear medicine , mediastinoscopy , cancer , pathology , mediastinum

Positron emission tomography (PET) has become widely available in staging non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and despite its high accuracy, false positive staging remains a problem. We report a rare case where such false positive staging caused a dilemma in optimal management.

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