PET/CT Interpretative Pitfalls in Thoracic Malignancies

Applications of PET/CT in the thorax include the evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules, staging and restaging of oncologic patients, assessment of therapeutic response, and detection of residual or recurrent disease. Accurate interpretation of PET/CT requires knowledge of the physiological distribution of [18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose, as well as artifacts and quantitative errors due to the use of CT for attenuation correction of the PET scan. Potential pitfalls include malignancies that are PET negative and benign conditions that are PET positive.

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