Lung Parasite Ova Granuloma Mimicking Lung Malignancy on FDG PET-CT

Pan Fu Kao; Thomas Chang Yao Tsao; Kuang Tai Kuo; Chung Tai Yue; Kung Rong Lim; Yu Hsiang Chou

doi:10.1097/RLU.0b013e31819a1f28

Lung Parasite Ova Granuloma Mimicking Lung Malignancy on FDG PET-CT

Pan Fu Kao, Thomas Chang Yao Tsao, Kuang Tai Kuo, Chung Tai Yue, Kung Rong Lim, Yu Hsiang Chou

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Abstract

A 60-year-old lady with mild fever, blood tinged sputum, and a left upper lung mass had whole body F-18 2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)-computer tomography (CT) for cancer staging. The PET-CT imaging revealed FDG accumulation in the left upper lung lesion. The histopathology of the left upper lobe lung resection showed a parasite tunnel with necrosis, parasite ova, and foreign body giant cells. After surgery, eosinophiles in the peripheral blood dropped from 20% of white cell counts before operation to 5.5% at 7 weeks postoperation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	243-244
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0b013e31819a1f28
Publication status	Published - Apr 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

F-18 2-deoxy-D-glucose
Granuloma
Lung cancer
Parasite ova
Solitary pulmonary nodule

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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