1. Case report: Thoracic schwannoma as a diagnostic pitfall in both 18F-Choline PET/CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT
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Karim Amrane, Coline Le Meur, Pierre Alemany, Clémence Niel, David Renault, Inès Peillon, Valentin Tissot, and Ronan Abgral
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prostate cancer ,thoracic schwannoma ,18 F-choline PET/CT ,MRI ,FDG-PET/CT ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,RC254-282 - Abstract
We report increased 18F-FDG uptake in the right posterior mediastinal region in a 70-year-old woman following the discovery of a mass in the aftermath of a bronchitis episode. We also report increased 18F-Choline uptake in the right posterior mediastinal region in a 66-year-old man with newly discovered prostate cancer, which may indicate the presence of mediastinal metastases. Both patients had a thoracic MRI showing an intense gadolinium enhancement in the same region, consistent with thoracic schwannomas, which were subsequently proven histologically. This case highlights that schwannoma is a diagnostic pitfall in both 18F-FDG and 18F-Choline PET/CT.
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- 2024
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