An 80-year-old male with a previous history of thymoma and kidney cancer underwent a 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan: two pulmonary nodules were discovered, both characterized by an increased glucose uptake. Of them, only one showed mild contrast enhancement. Both nodules were surgically resected: the first nodule was a benign meningioma and the second one was a malignant meningioma. This case study shows that malignancy of meningioma in the lung is not correlated with 18F FDG uptake and the contrast enhancement, thus suggesting that PET/CT may represent a suboptimal imaging modality for the evaluation of these lesions.

Cimini, A., Ricci, F., Pugliese, L., Chiaravalloti, A., Schillaci, O., Floris, R. (2019). A patient with a benign and a malignant primary pulmonary meningioma: An evaluation with 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and computed tomography with iodinated contrast. INDIAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, 34(1), 45-47 [10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_101_18].

A patient with a benign and a malignant primary pulmonary meningioma: An evaluation with 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and computed tomography with iodinated contrast

Chiaravalloti A.;Schillaci O.;Floris R.
2019-01-01

Abstract

An 80-year-old male with a previous history of thymoma and kidney cancer underwent a 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan: two pulmonary nodules were discovered, both characterized by an increased glucose uptake. Of them, only one showed mild contrast enhancement. Both nodules were surgically resected: the first nodule was a benign meningioma and the second one was a malignant meningioma. This case study shows that malignancy of meningioma in the lung is not correlated with 18F FDG uptake and the contrast enhancement, thus suggesting that PET/CT may represent a suboptimal imaging modality for the evaluation of these lesions.
gen-2019
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Settore MED/36 - DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA
English
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18F fluorodeoxyglucose; ectopic meningioma; iodinated contrast enhancement; malignant meningioma; pulmonary nodule
http://www.ijnm.in/article.asp?issn=0972-3919;year=2019;volume=34;issue=1;spage=45;epage=47;aulast=Cimini
Cimini, A., Ricci, F., Pugliese, L., Chiaravalloti, A., Schillaci, O., Floris, R. (2019). A patient with a benign and a malignant primary pulmonary meningioma: An evaluation with 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and computed tomography with iodinated contrast. INDIAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, 34(1), 45-47 [10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_101_18].
Cimini, A; Ricci, F; Pugliese, L; Chiaravalloti, A; Schillaci, O; Floris, R
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