Simple Pulmonary Eosinophilia Mimicking Lung Metastases on 18 F-FDG PET/CT.

Yang, Lan; Dong, Ziqian; Wei, Lingge; Chen, Feilong; Xie, Peng · Clin Nucl Med · 2024

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 72-year-old man with pancreatic tail cancer underwent distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy 1 year ago. Routine postoperative follow-up CT detected multiple pulmonary nodules. 18 F-FDG PET/CT showed multiple FDG-avid nodules in the bilateral lungs, which highly suggested the possibility of lung metastases of pancreatic cancer. Finally, the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and pathology confirmed the diagnosis of simple pulmonary eosinophilia.

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