- Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
- Issue: 4
- Pulmoner Sarkoidozlu Bir Hastanın F-18 FDG PET/BT Görüntülemesi
Pulmoner Sarkoidozlu Bir Hastanın F-18 FDG PET/BT Görüntülemesi
Authors : Pelin Özcan Kara, Taylan Kara, Gonca Kara Gedik, Oktay Sari, Murat Ismailoğlu
Pages : 228-230
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Publication Date : 2011-12-01
Article Type : Other
Abstract :Recently, PET/CT has been used increasingly in the detection of pulmoner and mediastinal lesions. However, inflamatory and granulomatous diseases that show increased F-18 FDG uptake and have SUVmax values more than 2.5, such as aspergillosis, tuberculosis, Wegener granulomatosis and sarcoidosis may cause false positive results. In this case, F-18 FDG PET/BT imaging findings were presented in a patient with pulmonary sarcoidosis who was investigated for primarily suspected malignancyKeywords : sarcoidosis, F-18 FDG PET/CT, SUVmax