Application Value of PET/CT and MRI in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Synchronous Multiple Pulmonary Ground-Glass Nodules.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Synchronous multiple ground-glass nodules (SMGGNs) in synchronous multiple lung cancers are associated with specific imaging findings. It is difficult to distinguish whether multiple nodules are primary tumors or metastatic lesions in the lungs. The need for PET/CT and contrast-enhanced brain MRI for these patients remains unclear. This study investigated the necessity of these two imaging examinations for SMGGN patients by means of retrospective analysis.

Methods

SMGGN patients who were diagnosed and treated in our hospital from October 2017 to May 2020 and underwent whole-body PET/CT(Cranial excepted) and/or contrast-enhanced brain MRI+DWI were enrolled in this study. We analyzed the imaging and clinical characteristics of these patients to evaluate SMGGN patien

SUBMITTER: Xie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8905144 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature