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High 18F-fluorothymidine uptake for invasive thymoma

Authors :
Chia-Ju Liu
Ruoh-Fang Yen
Wen-Hung Kuo
Jane Wang
Source :
Clinical nuclear medicine. 37(10)
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

We report an invasive thymoma discovered incidentally by an 18F-FLT (fluorothymidine) PET study on a 48-year-old woman. The patient had equivocal breast lesions in her bilateral breasts. She entered a clinical 18F-FLT PET trial in our hospital to differentiate malignant breast tumors from benign ones. No 18F FLT-avid lesions in her breasts were revealed. But an intense 18F-FLT uptake lesion was noted in her right anterior mediastinum. However, an F-FDG PET scan showed only mild F-FDG uptake in the lesion. Video-assisted thoracic surgery thymectomy was subsequently performed, and the final pathology showed invasive thymoma.

Details

ISSN :
15360229
Volume :
37
Issue :
10
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical nuclear medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....9e2a234b0fa6149c78c94e03e5d25db3