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Inflammatory Pseudotumor in the Mediastinum: Imaging with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT |
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| Authors: | Seok-Ho Yoon Sungsoo Lee Kyung Sook Jo Dong Hyun Lee Young-Sil An Joon-Kee Yoon Su Jin Lee |
| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 443-721, Korea.;2.Department of Chest Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 135-720, Korea. |
| Abstract: | Mediastinal inflammatory pseudotumor is a rare benign disease with its capability for local invasion and rapid growth. We present a case of middle-mediastinal inflammatory pseudotumor and report its contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and pathologic findings. |
| Keywords: | Mediastinal neoplasm Inflammatory pseudotumor 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT |