Solitary pulmonary nodule other imaging findings

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [2]

Other imaging studies include PET/CT scanning, which may be useful as a staging modality, detection of occult disease, and malignancy assessment.

• Other imaging studies include PET/CT scanning, which may be useful as a staging modality, detection of occult disease, and malignancy assessment.^[1]
• On PET/CT, findings of pulmonary nodule may include:^[2]

• FDG uptake

• Likely malignant

• No FDG uptake

• Likely benign

• False negative results for pulmonary nodule characterization include:

• Small lesion size
• Low tumor metabolic activity
• Hyperglycemia