A case report of primary pulmonary meningioma masquerading as lung metastasis in a patient with rectal carcinoma: role of 18F-FDG PET/CT

A case report of primary pulmonary meningioma masquerading as lung metastasis in a patient with rectal carcinoma: role of 18F-FDG PET/CT

Abstract Background Primary pulmonary meningioma (PPM) is an extremely rare disease, which is often misdiagnosed as lung metastasis. Previous studies indicated that PPM usually showed homogeneous enhancement on enhanced CT and high uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) on positron emission tomo...

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Main Authors: Maoqing Jiang, Ping Chen, Rong Huang, Jingfeng Zhang, Jianjun Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Primary pulmonary meningioma
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose
PET/CT
Metastasis
Rectal carcinoma
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01546-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01546-3

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