Open AccessFluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in a rare case of carcinoma stomach with concomitant silicosis
Author(s) -
Arun Sasikumar,
Ajith Joy,
Madhavan Unni,
Jayaprakash Madhavan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.187470
Subject(s) - medicine , fluorodeoxyglucose , positron emission tomography , silicosis , stomach , radiology , concomitant , histopathology , lung , nuclear medicine , computed tomography , carcinoma , lymph , tomography , pathology
The role of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose. ( 18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography. (PET)/computed tomography. (CT) in the initial staging of various malignancies is now well established. However, nonspecificity of FDG occasionally results in tracer uptake in benign lung lesions. The authors describe a complicated case of carcinoma stomach with multiple nodules and a cavitary lesion in lungs where 18 F-FDG PET CT done for initial staging revealed FDG avid mass in stomach, FDG avid multiple mediastinal lymph nodes and multiple intensely FDG avid bilateral lung lesions. The FDG avid lung lesions turned out to be due to silicosis as confirmed by histopathology.