Diffuse FDG Uptake in the Lungs in Aspiration Pneumonia on Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Vol. 29 (9) , 567-568
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.rlu.0000134986.58984.5f
Abstract
The radiologic manifestations of aspiration pneumonia are protean and have been well-described. FDG PET has been used successfully in the evaluation of cancer. However, FDG is not a tumor-specific radiotracer. The authors present a case of aspiration pneumonia that demonstrated extensive and diffusely increased FDG uptake in bilateral posterior basal lungs on PET imaging.Keywords
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