FDG-PET findings in sclerosing hemangioma of the lung: a case report

M Hara; A Iida; J Tohyama; N Miura; N Shiraki; M Itoh; S Ohba; H Tateyama

FDG-PET findings in sclerosing hemangioma of the lung: a case report

Radiat Med. 2001 Jul-Aug;19(4):215-8.

Authors

M Hara¹, A Iida, J Tohyama, N Miura, N Shiraki, M Itoh, S Ohba, H Tateyama

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan.

PMID: 11550723

Abstract

We report a case of sclerosing hemangioma of the lung that showed an intermediately increased accumulation of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) on positron emission tomography (PET). We suggest that FDG-PET may be useful for considering a lesion as benign or low-grade malignant.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging
Hemangioma / pathology
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / diagnostic imaging*
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Middle Aged
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Sclerosis
Tomography, Emission-Computed*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18