Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine (Oct 2013)

The Role of Nuclear Medicine in The Diagnosis and Management of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

  • Farzaneh Shariati,
  • Toktam Hosseinnezhad,
  • Kamran Aryana,
  • Seyed Rasoul Zakavi,
  • Asieh Sadat Fattahi,
  • Donya Farrokh Tehrani,
  • Keyvan Sadri,
  • Ramin Sadeghi

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 3
pp. 73 – 78

Abstract

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Solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is a frequent finding on the chest x-ray and computed tomography. Nuclear medicine techniques play an important role in the diagnosis and management of SPN. In the current review, we briefly will explain the different nuclear medicine modalities in this regard including positron emission tomography (PET) using 18-F-FDG, and 11-C-Methionine, and single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) using somatostatin receptor scintigraphy, 201-Thallium, and 99m-Tc-MIBI.

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