Slight uptake of 18F‑FDG on positron emission tomography in pulmonary hamartoma: A case report

Wang,Weihua; Song,Jia; Shi,Jianguo; Hu,Huizhen; Wu,Yuquan; Yan,Jie; Wu,Lijun; Chen,Qingyong

doi:10.3892/ol.2015.3245

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Slight uptake of 18F‑FDG on positron emission tomography in pulmonary hamartoma: A case report

Authors:
- Weihua Wang
- Jia Song
- Jianguo Shi
- Huizhen Hu
- Yuquan Wu
- Jie Yan
- Lijun Wu
- Qingyong Chen
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Affiliations: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jiangshan People's Hospital, Jiangshan, Zhejiang 324100, P.R. China, Department of Respiratory Oncology, The 117th Hospital of PLA, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310013, P.R. China, Department of Nuclear Medicine, The 117th Hospital of PLA, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310013, P.R. China, Department of Thoracic Surgery, The 117th Hospital of PLA, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310013, P.R. China
Pages: 430-432
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Published online on: May 20, 2015

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Abstract

The present study reports the case of a 77‑year‑old female that was asymptomatic at presentation and was found to possess a lesion that was incidentally identified on a computed tomography (CT) scan. The CT scan revealed a non‑homogeneous, hypodense, non‑lobulated solid mass, ~1.2 cm in diameter, in the left upper lobe of the lung that demonstrated minimal contrast enhancement. The following CT scan was performed only two years later. This scan revealed that the non‑homogeneous round mass had increased in size to ~1.7 cm in diameter, and possessed an irregular margin, in addition to being slightly lobulated with no calcification or fat. Combined positron emission tomography and CT revealed a lobulated mass that was ~1.9 cm in diameter, demonstrating an irregular margin with involvement of the mediastinal pleura. Slight uptake of 18F‑fluorodeoxyglucose was also detected. The final histological diagnosis was pulmonary hamartoma.

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Slight uptake of 18F‑FDG on positron emission tomography in pulmonary hamartoma: A case report

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