Clinical Study
Potential Pitfall in the Assessment of Lung Cancer with FDG-PET/CT: Talc Pleurodesis Causes Intrathoracic Nodal FDG Avidity
Table 2
Size, attenuation, and uptake of high-attenuation lymph nodes, stratified by nodal station.
| | | Overall | Peridiaphragmatic | Paracardiac | Internal mammary | Peri-IVC |
| | Number | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | | Size (mm) | 5.1 ± 1.6 | 5.2 ± 1.3 | 6.2 ± 1.6 | 3.3 ± 1 | 5.5 ± 2.1 | | Attenuation (HU) | 130 ± 29 | 131 ± 34 | 120 ± 29 | 129 ± 25 | 148 ± 11 | | SUV | 2.6 ± 1.2 | 2.3 ± 1.1 | 2.4 ± 1 | 2.6 ± 1 | 2 ± 0.2 | | % “hot” by visual inspection | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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