Diagnosis of malignant pleurisy with positron emission tomography; comparison with computed tomography

Koichiro Abe; H. Koga; K. Kaneko; H. Sawamoto; Hiroshi Honda; Masayuki Sasaki; S. Sakai

Diagnosis of malignant pleurisy with positron emission tomography; comparison with computed tomography

Koichiro Abe, H. Koga, K. Kaneko, H. Sawamoto, Hiroshi Honda, Masayuki Sasaki, S. Sakai

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Presence of malignant pleurisy adversely affects the staging and prognosis. We discussed here the role of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) -PET for the diagnosis of malignant pleural diseases. On the one hand, FDG-PET is quite efficient for the differentiation between malignant and benign pleural diseases even if CT findings are subtle, but on the other it has a limitation for the detection of small lesions because of its relatively poor resolution. Combining PET with CT findings makes more accurate diagnosis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	233-242
Number of pages	10
Journal	Japanese Journal of Clinical Radiology
Volume	52
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Feb 12 2007

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Diagnosis of malignant pleurisy with positron emission tomography; comparison with computed tomography

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