¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Accuracy in the Staging of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Review and Cost-Effectiveness

Figure 3

Images for a 55-year-old woman with stage IIIB NSCLC (adenocarcinoma). (a) CT imaging failed to detect any metastatic tumor. (b) PET image showing intense, nonlocalised uptake of ¹⁸F-FDG. (c) PET/CT image showing ¹⁸F-FDG uptake in a metastatic tumor in the trapezius muscle. Histological confirmation of the metastatic nature of the lesion. (d) Coronal whole-body PET image showing primary and metastatic lesions (arrowheads). PET = positron emission tomography; CT = computed tomography.

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