TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary pulmonary meningioma manifesting as a solitary pulmonary nodule with a false-positive PET scan
AU - Portes Meirelles, Gustavo Souza
AU - Ravizzini, Gregory
AU - Moreira, Andre Luis
AU - Akhurst, Timothy
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2006/8
Y1 - 2006/8
N2 - Primary pulmonary meningioma is very rare, with about 30 cases reported in the English literature. These lesions are usually benign, grow slowly, and have an excellent prognosis. However, they can mimic any other pulmonary tumor, as the most common presentation is as a solitary pulmonary nodule. We report a case of a primary pulmonary meningioma manifesting as a solitary lung nodule with a very high metabolic activity on the positron emission tomography, mimicking a primary lung cancer.
AB - Primary pulmonary meningioma is very rare, with about 30 cases reported in the English literature. These lesions are usually benign, grow slowly, and have an excellent prognosis. However, they can mimic any other pulmonary tumor, as the most common presentation is as a solitary pulmonary nodule. We report a case of a primary pulmonary meningioma manifesting as a solitary lung nodule with a very high metabolic activity on the positron emission tomography, mimicking a primary lung cancer.
KW - False positive
KW - Meningioma
KW - Positron emission tomography
KW - Solitary pulmonary nodule
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U2 - 10.1097/01.rti.0000203639.66629.68
DO - 10.1097/01.rti.0000203639.66629.68
M3 - Article
C2 - 16915069
AN - SCOPUS:33747454166
SN - 0883-5993
VL - 21
SP - 225
EP - 227
JO - Journal of Thoracic Imaging
JF - Journal of Thoracic Imaging
IS - 3
ER -