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Lobar mucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of the lung showing negative FDG uptake on integrated PET/CT

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We present a case of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma manifesting as air-space consolidation with negative FDG uptake on integrated PET/CT in a 42-year-old woman. To know this pattern of uptake especially in the case of mucin-predominant lobar bronchioloalveolar carcinoma may help avoid misdiagnosis of this particular tumor.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-Dong, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, 135-710, South Korea

    Yon Mi Sung & Kyung Soo Lee

  2. Department of Radiology and Center for Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, 135-710, South Korea

    Byung-Tae Kim & Eun Jeong Lee

  3. Department of Radiology and Center for Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, 135-710, South Korea

    Joungho Han

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Sung, Y.M., Lee, K.S., Kim, BT. et al. Lobar mucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of the lung showing negative FDG uptake on integrated PET/CT. Eur Radiol 15, 2075–2078 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-004-2604-x

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