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F-18 FDG PET/CT in Evaluation of Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21467848     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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PURPOSE: : Pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma (PSH), or the alternative name of "sclerosing pneumocytoma," is a rare benign neoplasm. PSH is often asymptomatic and presents as a solitary pulmonary nodule on radiologic imaging studies. Few articles have been reported to describe the FDG PET findings about PSH. We reported FDG PET findings of 6 cases of PSH and reviewed the literatures.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: : FDG PET and PET/CT imaging studies of 6 patients with proven PSH were reviewed. The relation between the degree of FDG uptake and tumor size was analyzed.
RESULTS: : All 6 tumors were detected by FDG PET or PET/CT. Mean diameter of these tumors was 2.9 cm. Mean standard uptake value was 2.45 (range, 1.8-3.93). The maximal standard uptake value of FDG uptake was positively correlated with the tumor size (R = 0.9694, P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: : PSH demonstrates low to moderate uptake on FDG PET imaging. The larger PSH has higher uptake and might be misrecognized as a malignancy. The possibility of false-positive result caused by PSH should be considered while interpreting FDG PET images of solitary pulmonary nodules.
Authors:
Ko-Han Lin; Cheng-Pei Chang; Ren-Shyan Liu; Shyh-Jen Wang
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical nuclear medicine     Volume:  36     ISSN:  1536-0229     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin Nucl Med     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-04-06     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7611109     Medline TA:  Clin Nucl Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  341-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
From the National PET/Cyclotron Center and Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University Medical School, Taipei, Taiwan.
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