TY - JOUR
T1 - Pitfalls in Interpretation of PET/CT in the Chest
AU - Strange, Chad
AU - Shroff, Girish S.
AU - Truong, Mylene T.
AU - Rohren, Eric M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Whole body positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging with [18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) is widely used in oncologic imaging. In the chest, common PET/CT applications include the evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules, cancer staging, assessment of response to therapy, and detection of residual or recurrent disease. Knowledge of the technical artifacts and potential pitfalls that radiologists may encounter in the interpretation of PET/CT in the thorax is important to avoid misinterpretation and optimize patient management. This article will review pitfalls in the interpretation of PET/CT in the chest related to technical factors, physiologic uptake, false positive findings, false negative findings, and iatrogenic conditions.
AB - Whole body positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging with [18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) is widely used in oncologic imaging. In the chest, common PET/CT applications include the evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules, cancer staging, assessment of response to therapy, and detection of residual or recurrent disease. Knowledge of the technical artifacts and potential pitfalls that radiologists may encounter in the interpretation of PET/CT in the thorax is important to avoid misinterpretation and optimize patient management. This article will review pitfalls in the interpretation of PET/CT in the chest related to technical factors, physiologic uptake, false positive findings, false negative findings, and iatrogenic conditions.
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U2 - 10.1053/j.sult.2021.04.017
DO - 10.1053/j.sult.2021.04.017
M3 - Article
C2 - 34895614
AN - SCOPUS:85107421400
SN - 0887-2171
VL - 42
SP - 588
EP - 598
JO - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
JF - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
IS - 6
ER -