TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulmonary aspergilloma
T2 - A potential cause of false positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan
AU - Kostakis, Ioannis D.
AU - Tomos, Periklis
AU - Cholidou, Kyriaki G.
AU - Vaiopoulos, Aristeidis G.
AU - Spartalis, Eleftherios
AU - Konofaos, Petros
AU - Michail, Panagiotis O.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Pulmonary aspergilloma is a fungus ball developed in a pre-existing lung cavity, generally in the superior lobes. Its size remains stable in most cases and it is usually asymptomatic. Herein, we present a case of a 64-year-old male with pulmonary aspergilloma, which was developed in an emphysematous cyst of the right inferior lobe, increased in size, and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan was positive. There are only a few reported cases of pulmonary aspergilloma with a false positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan. case of a 64-year-old male with pulmonary aspergilloma, which was developed in an emphysematous cyst of the right inferior lobe, increased in size, and fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F] FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) scan was positive. There are only a few cases of pulmonary aspergilloma with positive FDG-PET scan reported in the literature [8-10].
AB - Pulmonary aspergilloma is a fungus ball developed in a pre-existing lung cavity, generally in the superior lobes. Its size remains stable in most cases and it is usually asymptomatic. Herein, we present a case of a 64-year-old male with pulmonary aspergilloma, which was developed in an emphysematous cyst of the right inferior lobe, increased in size, and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan was positive. There are only a few reported cases of pulmonary aspergilloma with a false positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan. case of a 64-year-old male with pulmonary aspergilloma, which was developed in an emphysematous cyst of the right inferior lobe, increased in size, and fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F] FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) scan was positive. There are only a few cases of pulmonary aspergilloma with positive FDG-PET scan reported in the literature [8-10].
KW - Aspergilloma
KW - False positive
KW - Positron emission tomography
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U2 - 10.1007/s11748-012-0037-z
DO - 10.1007/s11748-012-0037-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 22627956
AN - SCOPUS:84865718587
SN - 1863-6705
VL - 60
SP - 528
EP - 530
JO - General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
IS - 8
ER -