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Fig. 8 | Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Fig. 8

From: PET/CT implication on bronchogenic carcinoma TNM staging and follow-up using RECIST/PERCIST criteria: a comparative study with CT

Fig. 8

a–c A female patient 55 years old presented with dyspnea and attacks of hemoptysis and proven histopathologically to have NSCLC. CT study reveals a malignant mass lesion involving the apical segment of the right lower lobe with multiple malignant mediastinal lymphadenopathies as well as contra-lateral 7 mm pulmonary nodules involving the left lower lobe (a). The case staged as T2 N1 M1. PET/CT showed no evidence of significant activity involving the pulmonary nodules and considered nonspecific nodule changing the staging to T2 N1 M0. The surgical staging of the patients by PET/CT changed from IVA to IIB

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