Pulmonary artery enlargement on routine staging 18F-fluodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT for lung and oesophageal cancer.
Antonio Ji-XuYunfei YangKevin M BradleyPublished in: The British journal of radiology (2020)
This study demonstrates there is an increased prevalence of pulmonary enlargement in lung cancer, easily detected on routine staging scans, holding implications for further work-up and risk stratification.
Keyphrases
- positron emission tomography
- pulmonary artery
- computed tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- pet ct
- coronary artery
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- lymph node
- clinical practice
- dual energy
- pet imaging
- papillary thyroid
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- risk factors
- squamous cell
- squamous cell carcinoma
- lymph node metastasis