Simple Pulmonary Eosinophilia Mimicking Lung Metastases on 18 F-FDG PET/CT

Lan Yang; Ziqian Dong; Lingge Wei; Feilong Chen; Peng Xie

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000005339

Simple Pulmonary Eosinophilia Mimicking Lung Metastases on 18 F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2024 Sep 1;49(9):884-885. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005339. Epub 2024 Jun 20.

Authors

Lan Yang¹, Ziqian Dong, Lingge Wei, Feilong Chen, Peng Xie

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Third Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.

PMID: 38914054
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005339

Abstract

A 72-year-old man with pancreatic tail cancer underwent distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy 1 year ago. Routine postoperative follow-up CT detected multiple pulmonary nodules. 18 F-FDG PET/CT showed multiple FDG-avid nodules in the bilateral lungs, which highly suggested the possibility of lung metastases of pancreatic cancer. Finally, the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and pathology confirmed the diagnosis of simple pulmonary eosinophilia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms* / pathology
Lung Neoplasms* / secondary
Male
Multimodal Imaging
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
Positron-Emission Tomography
Pulmonary Eosinophilia* / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18