18F-FDG-PET/CT as an indicator for resection of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma

Sadahiro Watanabe; Fuzuki Yano; Tamotsu Kita; Shigeyoshi Soga; Hiroshi Shinmoto; Shigeru Kosuda; Yuichi Ozeki; Shinsuke Aida; Ikuko Sakata

doi:10.1007/s12149-007-0159-z

¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT as an indicator for resection of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma

Sadahiro Watanabe, Fuzuki Yano, Tamotsu Kita, Shigeyoshi Soga, Hiroshi Shinmoto, Shigeru Kosuda, Yuichi Ozeki, Shinsuke Aida, Ikuko Sakata

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Abstract

A 60-year-old man with a 7-year history of multiple pulmonary nodules presented to our hospital because the nodules were seen to have increased in size on review of films on a regular medical checkup 1 week earlier. Computed tomography (CT) revealed multiple pulmonary nodules with calcification in the lungs. The largest nodule measuring 2.5 cm in the maximum dimension was lobulated and ill-defined. The patient underwent ¹⁸F- fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT (¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT) to evaluate the multiple nodules and to search for a primary lesion. ¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT revealed increased uptake in only two nodules with a standardized uptake value of 4.61 and 2.10, respectively. The two foci with increased ¹⁸F-FDG uptake were resected and pathologically proven to be pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH). PEH can transform into malignancy with metastasis. An ¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT finding may be an indicator to decide on PEH resection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	521-524
Number of pages	4
Journal	Annals of Nuclear Medicine
Volume	22
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-007-0159-z
Publication status	Published - 2008 Jul
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

F-FDG
Computed tomography
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
PET/CT
Positron emission tomography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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