A Rare Case and Atypical Metastatic Regions, Pulmonary Giant Cell Carcinoma.

Authors :: Dündar Çağlayan CN
Engin MN
Boz A
Source :: Molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy [Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther] 2023 Feb 23; Vol. 32 (1), pp. 74-76.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: Sixty two years old man referred to our clinic due to suspicion of thymic mass. The hypermetabolic nodular lesion in the right lung upper lobe was seen in <superscript>18</superscript> F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in addition to the mass in the anterior mediastinum which was found to without malignancy. The patient underwent wedge resection and final diagnosis was pulmonary giant cell carcinoma. In follow-up <superscript>18</superscript> F-FDG PET/CT multiple lesions with pathological activity were observed in the cerebrum, right postauricular region, bilateral adrenal, stomach, pancreas, pelvic soft tissue, mesenteric, left femur and bilateral lung parenchyma 6 months after. The pathology results of the right frontal, pelvic mass and the postauricular region were metastasis.<br />Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.<br /> (©Copyright 2023 by Turkish Society of Nuclear Medicine Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy published by Galenos Yayınevi.)