Multi-modality imaging for accurate diagnosis of lipomatous hypertrophy of interatrial septum in a patient with lung cancer and increased FDG uptake on PET

BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Jun 14:2012:bcr0320126074. doi: 10.1136/bcr.03.2012.6074.

Authors

Abhishek Chandrakant Sawant¹, Sanjay S Srivatsa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno, CA, USA. acsawant@buffalo.edu

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Septum*
Carcinoma, Small Cell / complications
Carcinoma, Small Cell / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Small Cell / metabolism
Cardiomegaly / complications
Cardiomegaly / diagnosis*
Cardiomegaly / metabolism
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / pharmacokinetics*
Humans
Lipomatosis / complications
Lipomatosis / diagnosis*
Lipomatosis / metabolism
Lung Neoplasms / complications*
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms / metabolism
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics
Reproducibility of Results
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18