Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Lung With High FDG Uptake
Authors:
- Martin W. HuellnerMHMartin W. Huellner
- Bernhard SchwizerBSBernhard Schwizer
- Irene BurgerIBIrene Burger
- Ingo FengelsIFIngo Fengels
- Reinhard SchläpferRSReinhard Schläpfer
- Christian BussmannCBChristian Bussmann
- Klaus StrobelKSKlaus Strobel
- 1 September 2010
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Vol. 35 (9) , 722-723
Abstract
We present the case of a 23-year-old woman with 2 episodes of hemoptysis. Computed tomography showed a small mass lesion with an adjacent cyst in the left lower lobe. On whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography, the lesion had a high focal fluorodeoxyglucose-uptake (SUVmax 21.0). Differential diagnosis included tuberculosis, fungal infection, and tumors such as bronchial carcinoma, sarcoma, or rare entities like endometriosis. Bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsies failed to deliver a conclusive diagnosis. Lobectomy was performed, and histopathology presented an inflammatory myofibroblastic pseudotumor.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Inflammatory pseudotumours resembling multiple hepatic metastases and their complete regression, as revealed by 18F-FDG PET/CTEuropean Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2009
- Complete resection of pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumors has excellent long-term prognosisThe Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2009
- Inflammatory pseudotumour of the neck with multifocal sites on positron emission tomography scan imagingThe Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 2005
- Inflammatory Pseudotumor Resulting From Foreign Body in Abdominal Cavity Detected by FDG PETClinical Nuclear Medicine, 2003
- Pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor -A report of 28 cases-The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2002
- Inflammatory pseudotumors of the lungThe Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1999
- Inflammatory pseudotumors of the lung: Progression from organizing pneumonia to fibrous histiocytoma or to plasma cell granuloma in 32 casesHuman Pathology, 1988