Friday, February 3, 2012

PET-CT in the diagnosis of pleural localized malignant mesothelioma

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22040794

Clin Imaging. 2011 Nov-Dec;35(6):476-7.
PET-CT in the diagnosis of localized malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Dimarakis I, Rehman S, Machaal A, Shah R.
Source
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital South Manchester, Manchester, UK. ioannis.dimarakis@imperial.ac.uk

Abstract
A 67-year-old man presented with right-sided chest and shoulder pain. Chest roentgenogram demonstrated a right upper zone shadow. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a pleural mass and adjacent chest wall disease. Image-guided percutaneous biopsy suggested malignant mesothelioma. We describe the use of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (PET-CT) in the diagnosis and management of localized malignant mesothelioma.

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