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Clinical nuclear medicine · Jul 2011
Case ReportsAn unusual unilocular mesothelial cyst of the pleura: a case report.
- Yoshio Monzen, Hajime Okazaki, Taichi Kurose, Mio Mito, Koichi Wadasaki, and Takashi Nishisaka.
- Department of Radiology, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. monzen.so@s9.dion.ne.jp
- Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Jul 1; 36 (7): 568-9.
AbstractA 79-year-old woman was found to have an abnormal shadow on chest radiography. Computed tomography demonstrated a pleural mass. The F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) was performed to determine whether the pleural mass was benign or malignant. The histologic examination of the resected mass showed a unilocular mesothelial cyst of the pleura. The FDG PET findings of a mesothelial cyst of the pleura have not yet been previously reported. The FDG PET findings of a mesothelial cyst in the pleura reflected the microscopic findings of the resected mass. The FDG PET findings, therefore, seem to be useful in the diagnosis of mesothelial cysts.
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