18-FDG Uptake in Pulmonary Dirofilariasis

18-FDG Uptake in Pulmonary Dirofilariasis.

Solitary pulmonary nodules are a common finding on chest radiography and CT. We present the case of an asymptomatic 59-year-old male found to have a 13 mm left upper lobe nodule on CT scan. The patient was asymptomatic and the CT was performed to follow up mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy that had been stable on several previous CT scans. He had a history of emphysema and reported a 15 pac...

F-18 FDG uptake in transplanted heart.

Cladellas et al. concern patients who failed to achieve an adequate heart rate response; it is not clear whether heart rate decrease occurred in any patient. As we reported, only 1 of 14 patients with paradoxical sinus deceleration was taking beta-blockers. We mentioned in our report that all our patients fasted for at least 3 h before dobutamine stress echocardiography; mild hypovolemia may ha...

Increased FDG uptake in pulmonary epitheloid hemangioendothelioma.

A 40 year-old female was examined for complaints of left arm pain and restriction of movement in the left upper extremity for 3 months. Chest X-ray showed a mass in the left upper lung and the patient was evaluated with computed tomography that confirmed the significant mass in the left paratracheal region and also showed small nodules in both of the lungs. A whole-body FDG-PET scan was perform...

GLUT1 expression in tissue and (18)F-FDG uptake.

Correlation of Glut-1 and Glut-3 expression with F-18 FDG uptake in pulmonary inflammatory lesions

The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation of glucose transporter-1 (Glut-1) and glucose transporter-3 (Glut-3) expression with F-18 FDG uptake in pulmonary inflammatory lesions.Twenty-two patients with pulmonary inflammatory lesions underwent positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) examination preoperatively, and Glut-1 and Glut-3 expression were detected by immu...