Unexpected slight fluorodeoxyglucose-uptake on positron emission tomography in a pulmonary hamartoma

J Thorac Oncol. 2009 Jan;4(1):107-8. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31818e0e02.

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with suspected hamartoma with slight fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on positron emission tomography (PET). Initially, follow-up with repeat computed tomography (CT) scan was proposed. Because of the risk for retro-obstructive pneumonia, and because there was a small increase in diameter of the lesion on CT, thoracotomy was proposed. Pathologic examination revealed a surprising and rare finding.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchial Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Hamartoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hamartoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Metaplasia / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18