Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease: Implications from Initial Experience with¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT

Abstract

Increased pulmonary (18)F-FDG metabolism in all patients with IPF and other forms of DPLD was observed. Pulmonary (18)F-FDG uptake predicts measurements of health and lung physiology in these patients. (18)F-FDG metabolism was higher when the site of maximal uptake corresponded to areas of reticulation/honeycomb on HRCT than to those with ground-glass patterns.