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Spatial Measurements of Perfusion, Interstitial Fluid Pressure and Liposomes Accumulation in Solid Tumors
Published on: August 18, 2016
An intra-parenchymal pulmonary lipoma with a high activity on positron emission tomography scan
Triantyfllos Doulias1, John Gosney, Hany Elsayed
1Department of Cardiothoracic, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Thomas drive, Liverpool L14 3PE, UK.
Abstract:
Benign pulmonary tumours are a less frequent differential diagnosis of the more common malignant pulmonary tumours. They usually present in the younger age groups and are almost invariably inactive on positron emission tomography (PET) studies. We report a unique case of peripheral pulmonary lipoma in an 81-year-old female which showed increased activity on PET.
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