Endometrioma presenting as a cavitary lung mass with intense 18F-FDG uptake on PET-CT

J Thorac Imaging. 2007 May;22(2):172-5. doi: 10.1097/01.rti.0000213564.40667.c6.

Abstract

[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography computed tomography is a useful tool to suggest the diagnosis of malignant processes. However, false positive results are known to occur in benign lesions that have a high metabolic activity. Here we describe the unusual diagnosis of a pulmonary endometrioma in a 47-year-old woman, presenting as a cavitary lung mass with intense (18)F-FDG uptake on PET-CT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cough / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endometriosis / diagnosis*
  • Endometriosis / surgery
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Hemoptysis / etiology
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / surgery
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Rare Diseases
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18