Asymptomatic Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer Findings on 18 F-FDG PET/CT.

Murad, Vanessa; Ortega, Claudia; Hanneman, Kate; Chung, Jennifer; Metser, Ur · Clin Nucl Med · 2023

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We present a case of an 84-year-old man with a history of smoking, hypertension, and coronary artery disease with an incidental spiculated left apical pulmonary nodule, suspicious for a stage I non-small cell lung cancer. 18 F-FDG PET/CT performed for staging, which confirmed a small metabolically active pulmonary nodule. As an incidental finding, there was focal FDG uptake in the proximal descending aorta corresponding to a partially thrombosed outpouching of the aortic wall, in keeping with a penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer.

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