Parathyroid adenoma upstaging the lung cancer

Mediastinal staging of NSCLC with noninvasive methods such as PET/CT can be misleading when a mediastinal disease accompany. Histopathologic confirmation should be made before any treatment plan. Herein, we presented a case of parathyroid adenoma upstaging the lung cancer.

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Published in:Annals of nuclear medicine 2015-05, Vol.29 (4), p.371-374
Main Authors: Okuyucu, Kursat, Kavakli, Kuthan, Ozaydın, Sukru, Karahatay, Serdar, Karatas, Okan, Doğan, Deniz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma - diagnostic imaging
Adenocarcinoma - surgery
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - diagnosis
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - diagnostic imaging
Case Report
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Imaging
Lung cancer
Male
Mediastinum - diagnostic imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Nuclear Medicine
Parathyroid Neoplasms - diagnosis
Parathyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Parathyroid Neoplasms - surgery
Positron-Emission Tomography - methods
Radiology
Radiopharmaceuticals
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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Summary:Mediastinal staging of NSCLC with noninvasive methods such as PET/CT can be misleading when a mediastinal disease accompany. Histopathologic confirmation should be made before any treatment plan. Herein, we presented a case of parathyroid adenoma upstaging the lung cancer.
ISSN:0914-7187
1864-6433
DOI:10.1007/s12149-015-0946-x