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PET for the Evaluation of Pleural Thickening Observed on CT

Henk Kramer, MD1, Remge M. Pieterman, MD, PhD1,2, Dirk-Jan Slebos, MD, PhD1, Wim Timens, MD, PhD3, Willem Vaalburg, PhD2, Gerard H. Koëter, MD, PhD1 and Harry J.M. Groen, MD, PhD1

1 Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
2 Positron Emission Tomography Center, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
3 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands



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  		FIGURE 1. Images of a patient with MPM. (A) CT shows a thickened parietal and mediastinal pleura on the left side (arrows). (B) The corresponding PET image shows 18F-FDG uptake in the ventral parietal and mediastinal pleura, without apparent involvement of mediastinal lymph nodes.

 


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  		FIGURE 2. Images of a patient with pleural fibrosis. (A) CT shows an abnormality of the left diaphragmatic pleura (arrow). (B) The corresponding PET image shows no hot spot in that region.

 




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