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Exogenous lipoid pneumonia with unusual CT pattern and FDG positron emission tomography scan findings

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We report a case of an exogenous lipoid pneumonia that appeared as a spiculated calcified mass on CT scan in which a positron emission tomography (PET) scan was performed before histological analysis. The F-18 fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) PET showed a pattern highly suggestive of malignancy which, to our knowledge, has not yet been described. Similar to inflammatory and infectious lung diseases, lipoid pneumonia may be a false-positive case of F-18 FDG uptake.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103 grande rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon Cedex, France, , , , ,

    Florence Tahon, Yves Berthezène, Nadine Blineau & Bruno Marchand

  2. Department of Chest, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103 grande rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon Cedex, France, , , , ,

    Stephane Hominal & Jean-Claude Guérin

  3. CERMEP, 59 bd Pinel, 69003 Lyon Cedex, France, , , , ,

    Luc Cinotti

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Tahon, F., Berthezène, Y., Hominal, S. et al. Exogenous lipoid pneumonia with unusual CT pattern and FDG positron emission tomography scan findings. Eur Radiol 12 (Suppl 3), S171–S173 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-002-1659-9

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