Accuracy of FDG-PET to diagnose lung cancer in a region of endemic granulomatous disease.

Deppen S, Putnam JB, Andrade G, Speroff T, Nesbitt JC, Lambright ES, Massion PP, Walker R, Grogan EL. Accuracy of FDG-PET to diagnose lung cancer in a region of endemic granulomatous disease. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2011 Aug;92(92). 428-32; discussion 433. PMID: 21592456 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3186439 NIHMSID: NIHMS319583.

Abstract

The 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is used to evaluate suspicious pulmonary lesions due to its diagnostic accuracy. The southeastern United States has a high prevalence of infectious granulomatous lung disease, and the accuracy of FDG-PET may be reduced in this population. We examined the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET in patients with known or suspected non-small cell lung cancer treated at our institution.