Synchronous multiple lung cancers presenting as multifocal pure ground glass nodules: are whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography and brain enhanced magnetic resonance imaging necessary? | Zendy

Meng Li | Zendy; Yuan Wan | Zendy; Li Zhang | Zendy; Lina Zhou | Zendy; Zhuo Shi | Zendy; Rui Zhang | Zendy; Yan-Lei Hou | Zendy; Ning Wu | Zendy

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Synchronous multiple lung cancers presenting as multifocal pure ground glass nodules: are whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography and brain enhanced magnetic resonance imaging necessary?

Author(s) -

Meng Li,

Yuan Wan,

Li Zhang,

Lina Zhou,

Zhuo Shi,

Rui Zhang,

Yan-Lei Hou,

Ning Wu

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

translational lung cancer research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474

H-Index - 41

eISSN - 2226-4477

pISSN - 2218-6751

DOI - 10.21037/tlcr.2019.09.10

Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , positron emission tomography , radiology , lung cancer , nuclear medicine , retrospective cohort study , whole body imaging , positron emission , lung , pathology

Multifocal ground glass nodules (GGNs) represent a special radiological pattern indicative of synchronous multiple lung cancers (SMLCs), especially adenocarcinoma. However, the necessity of performing whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) scanning and brain enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a staging workup for multifocal pure GGN (pGGN) patients remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the utility of these two imaging scans for patients with multifocal pGGNs.

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