Abstract
Preoperative F-18 FDG PET/CT study in this 57-year-old woman showed an FDG avid lesion in the left upper lung without evidence of lymphadenopathy or distant metastasis. She underwent a left upper lobectomy in June 2005 revealing moderately poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma (pT3N0M0) and subsequent chemotherapy completed December 2005. Nine months later, a left parietal lobe metastatic lesion was surgically resected. A true whole body FDG PET/CT study in November 2006 for restaging demonstrated new FDG avid spinal cord foci, which were highly suspicious for spinal cord metastases; these lesions were confirmed by MRI. Clinically, the patient recently developed back pain without evidence of neurologic deficits.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 356-358 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Clinical nuclear medicine |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- F-18 FDG
- Lung carcinoma
- PET/CT
- Spinal cord metastasis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging