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Thoracic Imaging Techniques 41<br />

A<br />

B<br />

Figure 3–1. Non–small cell lung cancer manifesting as a hypermetabolic nodule<br />

on FDG-PET. CT scan (A) shows a small nodule in the right upper lobe (arrow).<br />

Note the emphysematous lung disease. Axial PET image (B) shows increased FDG<br />

uptake within the nodule (arrow) compared with the uptake in the mediastinum.<br />

These findings are suggestive of malignancy. M mediastinum, V vertebral<br />

body.

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