18F-FDG PET/CT of Intrapulmonary Schwannoma Mimicking Lung Cancer in the Right Lower Lobe

Zhiying Liang; Wei Li

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000005590

18F-FDG PET/CT of Intrapulmonary Schwannoma Mimicking Lung Cancer in the Right Lower Lobe

Clin Nucl Med. 2024 Dec 30. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005590. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Zhiying Liang¹, Wei Li

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

PMID: 39787411
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005590

Abstract

A 53-year-old woman was found to have a soft tissue mass in the right lower lung lobe on chest CT, raising suspicion of lung cancer. For staging, 18F-FDG PET/CT was performed, which demonstrated intense tracer uptake in the mass (SUVmax, 14.6). Subsequently, surgical excision was undertaken, and histopathological examination of the resected specimen confirmed the diagnosis of a schwannoma.