Slight uptake of 18F‑FDG on positron emission tomography in pulmonary hamartoma: A case report
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- Published online on: May 20, 2015 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3245
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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.
