PET/CT in the Thorax. Pitfalls.

Mylene T. Truong; Chitra Viswanathan; Brett W. Carter; Osama Mawlawi; Edith M. Marom

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2013.08.005

PET/CT in the Thorax. Pitfalls.

Mylene T. Truong, Chitra Viswanathan, Brett W. Carter, Osama Mawlawi, Edith M. Marom

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Abstract

PET/CT is widely used in the staging and assessment of therapeutic response in patients with malignancies. Accurate interpretation of PET/CT requires knowledge of the normal physiologic distribution of [18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy d-glucose, artifacts due to the use of CT for attenuation correction of the PET scan and potential pitfalls due to malignancies that are PET negative and benign conditions that are PET positive. Awareness of these artifacts and potential pitfalls is important in preventing misinterpretation that can alter patient management.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	17-25
Number of pages	9
Journal	Radiologic Clinics of North America
Volume	52
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcl.2013.08.005
State	Published - Jan 2014

Keywords

Lung cancer
PET/CT
Pitfalls
Staging
Thorax

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