ID | 30991 |
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著者 |
Okutani, Daisuke
National Hospital Organization Minami-Okayama Medical Center
Toyooka, Shinichi
Okayama University
Aoe, Motoi
Okayama University
Sano, Yoshifumi
Okayama University
Date, Hiroshi
Okayama University
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抄録 | Dry pleural dissemination in non-small cell lung cancer, defined as solid pleural metastasis of lung cancer without pleural eff usion, is a condition occurring in T4 lung cancer. Positron emission tomography (PET) has been reported to be useful for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. It has been reported that positive findings on PET scans of indeterminate pleural abnormalities at computed tomography (CT) are sensitive to malignancy. We encountered two cases of dry small pleural dissemination of adenocarcinoma of the lung preoperatively detected by PET/CT. A 75-year-old man and a 66-year-old man underwent CT scan, which demonstrated solitary tumor in the lung, an enlarged mediastinal lymph node, and a small pleural nodule less than 10 mm in size, all of which were positive findings on the fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET portion of an integrated PET/CT. Both patients underwent thoracoscopic biopsy of the dry pleural nodule revealing dissemination of adenocarcinoma of the lung (T4). Whereas histological thoracoscopic diagnosis remains mandatory before planning treatment, our cases may suggest that PET/CT will be useful as a screening modality for dry pleural dissemination of lung cancer. |
キーワード | non-small cell lung cancer
pleural dissemination
positron emission tomography
PET/CT
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Amo Type | Case Report
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出版物タイトル |
Acta Medica Okayama
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発行日 | 2008-02
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巻 | 62巻
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号 | 1号
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出版者 | Okayama University Medical School
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開始ページ | 55
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終了ページ | 58
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ISSN | 0386-300X
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NCID | AA00508441
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資料タイプ |
学術雑誌論文
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言語 |
英語
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論文のバージョン | publisher
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査読 |
有り
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Web of Science KeyUT |