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¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT Imaging of Pulmonary Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma with Signet Ring Cells

Authors: Alexandros Kalkanis, Leonidas Palaiodimos, Ifigeneia Klinaki, Dimitrios Karantanis, Dimitrios Kalkanis

Published in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 3/2017

Abstract

A 63-year-old male with a recently diagnosed right lung lesion was referred for staging. F-FDG PET/CT scan revealed a hypodense, cystic-like mass in the right upper lung lobe, which demonstrated low, diffuse ¹⁸F-FDG uptake, likely due to the presence of mucus, as well as intensely hypermetabolic right hilar and right paratracheal lymph nodes. Transbronchial biopsy revealed a primary pulmonary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma with the presence of signet ring cell carcinoma, a co-existence of two rare variants of lung adenocarcinoma. This case report demonstrates the metabolic phenotype along with the radiographic characteristics of this rare tumor and its metastases.

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Title: 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging of Pulmonary Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma with Signet Ring Cells
Authors: Alexandros Kalkanis
Leonidas Palaiodimos
Ifigeneia Klinaki
Dimitrios Karantanis
Dimitrios Kalkanis
Publication date: 01-09-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1869-3474
Electronic ISSN: 1869-3482
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-016-0402-4

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