Open AccessFluro-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography in hard metal lung disease
Author(s) -
Kapil Iyer,
Vinaya S Karkhanis,
Sandip Basu,
Jyotsna M Joshi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.164160
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , lung disease , radiology , tomography , nuclear medicine , computed tomography , deoxyglucose , hard metal , positron emission tomography computed tomography , lung , materials science , composite material
We report a case of a diamond polisher where FDG-PET/CT was helpful in identifying active inflammation in hard metal lung disease (HMLD) caused by cobalt exposure.