Round pneumonia mimicking pulmonary malignancy on F-18 FDG PET/CT

Philip Shie; Irfan Farukhi; Randall S. Hughes; Orhan K. Öz

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Round pneumonia mimicking pulmonary malignancy on F-18 FDG PET/CT

Philip Shie, Irfan Farukhi, Randall S. Hughes, Orhan K. Öz

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Abstract

Round pneumonia is well known in the pediatric population; however, it is relatively uncommon in adults. The appearance of round pneumonia may be difficult to distinguish from lung carcinoma on anatomic images. This case illustrates a round pneumonia mimicking a pulmonary malignancy on PET/CT. In patients found to have rapid development of a round pulmonary lesion and clinical manifestations of pneumonia, it may be prudent to treat with empiric antibiotics before invasive diagnostic procedures for malignancy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	55-56
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.rlu.0000249628.58514.fd
State	Published - Jan 1 2007

Keywords

Infectious uptake of FDG
PET/CT
Round pneumonia

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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