Ann Thorac Oncol Res | Volume 2, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

False-Positive Finding on Positron Emission Tomography after Lung Cancer Surgery: Back to Operative Report

Tugba Cosgun^1*, Erkan Kaba¹, Kemal Ayalp² and Alper Toker²

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Bilim University Medical Faculty, Turkey
²Department of Thoracic Surgery, Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Turkey

^*Correspondance to: Tugba Cosgun 

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Abstract

18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (FDG-PET/ CT) is an imaging method for staging/restaging of various malignancies. False positivity, which is a major handicap of FDG-PET/CT, can be seen particularly in active inflammation or infectious areas. We report two cases of false-positive FDG-uptake during postoperative follow-up due to pledgeted sutures for the treatment of chylothorax

Keywords:

Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography; Chylothorax; False-positive

Citation:

Cosgun T, Kaba E, Ayalp K, Toker A.False-Positive Finding on Positron Emission Tomography after Lung Cancer Surgery: Back to Operative Report. Ann Thorac Oncol Res. 2018;1(2): 1007.