18F-FDG PET/CT and 99mTc-MDP Imaging of Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Osseous Metastases

Multiple distant muscular metastases from non-small cell lung carcinoma evidenced by 18F-FDG PET/CT.

18F-FDG PET/CT is widely known to be able to detect unsuspected metastatic lesions such as multiple metastatic muscle involvements in various types of cancer. Moreover, 18F-FDG PET/CT has been demonstrated to show a metastatic muscle involvement before any definite morphologic changes.1 The adenocarcinoma of the lung is the most common primary tumor site when a muscular metastatic lesion is pre...

Discrepant uptake between 111In-pentetreotide and 99mTc-MDP in bone metastases of small-cell lung cancer.

A Prospective Study Comparing Functional Imaging (18F-FDG PET) Versus Anatomical Imaging (Contrast Enhanced CT) in Dosimetric Planning for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

 Objective(s): 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET-CT) is a well-used and established technique for lung cancer staging. Radiation therapy requires accurate target volume delineation, which is difficult in most cases due to coexisting atelectasis. The present study was performed to compare the 18F-FDG PET-CT with contrast enhanced computed tomogr...

Extraosseous accumulation of 99mTc-MDP in lymph node metastases of small cell carcinoma of the esophagus.

We report a case of esophageal carcinoma that showed extraosseous accumulation of 99mTc-MDP in lymph node metastases to the cervical and paracardial lymph nodes. There are few cases showing abnormal extraosseous accumulation of 99mTc-MDP in esophageal cancer lesion. The patient was a 53-year-old man with advanced esophageal cancer. Bone scintigraphy demonstrated extraosseous accumulations in le...

A Rare Case of Non-Small Cell Carcinoma of Lung Presenting as Miliary Mottling

Miliary mottling on chest radiography is seen in miliary tuberculosis, certain fungal infections, sarcoidosis, coal miner’s pneumoconiosis, silicosis, hemosiderosis, fibrosing alveolitis, acute extrinsic allergic alveolitis, pulmonary eosinophilic syndrome, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and rarely in hematogenous metastases from the primary cancers of the thyroid, kidney, trophoblasts, and so...