18-Fluorine Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography with Computerized Tomography Versus Computerized Tomography Alone for the Management of Solitary Lung Nodules with Diameters Inferior to 1.5 cm - Concepedia

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18-Fluorine Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography with Computerized Tomography Versus Computerized Tomography Alone for the Management of Solitary Lung Nodules with Diameters Inferior to 1.5 cm

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2010

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Duilio Divisi, S. Di Tommaso, G. Di Leonardo, E. Brianzoni, Andrea De Vico, Roberto Crisci

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Abstract

Our study shows that 18F-FDG PET/CT improves the identification and characterisation of potentially malignant pulmonary nodules with a diameter < 1 cm. This technique could be a valid alternative to a surgical approach, currently the main method to investigate indeterminate lung nodules.