Pleural FDG Uptake More Than a Decade after Talc Pleurodesis
Talc pleurodesis induces a strong local inflammatory reaction which can be detected by PET scan for years after the procedure. When patients undergo PET scanning in the workup of a suspected malignancy later in life, pleural FDG uptake may unnecessarily lead to an additional invasive diagnostic work...
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| author | Hilke Peek Wouter van der Bruggen Gijs Limonard |
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| description | Talc pleurodesis induces a strong local inflammatory reaction which can be detected by PET scan for years after the procedure. When patients undergo PET scanning in the workup of a suspected malignancy later in life, pleural FDG uptake may unnecessarily lead to an additional invasive diagnostic workup. We present two cases of positive pleural PET findings more than 10 years after talc pleurodesis, where we adopted a watchful waiting approach. Positive pleural PET findings as a result of prior talc pleurodesis should always be included in the differential diagnosis of pleural abnormalities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6c446329dca64426b3549c190f3605a62025-02-03T01:21:17ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352009-01-01200910.1155/2009/650864650864Pleural FDG Uptake More Than a Decade after Talc PleurodesisHilke Peek0Wouter van der Bruggen1Gijs Limonard2Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, 6525 SZ Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Pulmonary Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, 6525 SZ Nijmegen, The NetherlandsTalc pleurodesis induces a strong local inflammatory reaction which can be detected by PET scan for years after the procedure. When patients undergo PET scanning in the workup of a suspected malignancy later in life, pleural FDG uptake may unnecessarily lead to an additional invasive diagnostic workup. We present two cases of positive pleural PET findings more than 10 years after talc pleurodesis, where we adopted a watchful waiting approach. Positive pleural PET findings as a result of prior talc pleurodesis should always be included in the differential diagnosis of pleural abnormalities.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/650864 |
| spellingShingle | Hilke Peek Wouter van der Bruggen Gijs Limonard Pleural FDG Uptake More Than a Decade after Talc Pleurodesis Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Pleural FDG Uptake More Than a Decade after Talc Pleurodesis |
| title_full | Pleural FDG Uptake More Than a Decade after Talc Pleurodesis |
| title_fullStr | Pleural FDG Uptake More Than a Decade after Talc Pleurodesis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pleural FDG Uptake More Than a Decade after Talc Pleurodesis |
| title_short | Pleural FDG Uptake More Than a Decade after Talc Pleurodesis |
| title_sort | pleural fdg uptake more than a decade after talc pleurodesis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/650864 |
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