Open AccessSerendipitous Unearthing of Silent Multiple Giant Rasmussen's Aneurysms by Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography
Author(s) -
Vatturi Venkata Satya Prabhakar Rao,
Sujatha Naidu,
Gangireddy Venkateshwar Reddy,
Swetha Hanumanthu
Publication year - 2018
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/ijnm.ijnm_1_18
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , tomography , fluorodeoxyglucose , nuclear medicine , radiology , positron , positron emission , physics , quantum mechanics , electron
The authors report multiple giant bilateral pseudoaneurysms of pulmonary artery, also known as Rasmussen's aneurysms, which remained silent and unrevealed despite the large size and multiplicity unearthed by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerized tomography.