Review Article
Benign Thoracic Lesions and Disorders: F-18 FDG PET/CT Features
| Saphier Nicole* | |
| Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, 85054, USA | |
| Corresponding Author : | Nicole S Department of Radiology Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, 85054, USA Tel: 480-301-4898 E-mail: NBSaphier@gmail.com |
| Received March 06, 2014; Accepted March 23, 2014; Published March 25, 2014 | |
| Citation: Nicole S (2014) Benign Thoracic Lesions and Disorders: F-18 FDG PET/CT Features. OMICS J Radiol 3:161. doi:10.4172/2167-7964.1000161 | |
| Copyright: © 2014 Nicole S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Objective: During PET/CT chest interpretation the imager may encounter non-malignant positive findings originating from physiologic variants, inflammation, infection, iatrogenic causes, post-surgical/post-therapeutic changes and benign tumors of different components of the thorax. This article illustrates and raises the awareness of these benign FDG-avid findings.
Conclusion: Knowledge of the benign FDG-avid findings of the thorax will help the imager to provide an accurate PET/CT interpretation and to avoid false-positive diagnosis of malignancy.
