PET/CT and the solitary pulmonary nodule

Affiliations

¹ Consultant Radiologist, PhD Student, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.
² Honorary Professor of Thoracic Imaging, The University of Manchester, Co-lead for Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

Editorial

Erique Guedes Pinto et al. Radiol Bras. 2020 Mar-Apr.

. 2020 Mar-Apr;53(2):VII-VIII.

doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2020.53.2e2.

¹ Consultant Radiologist, PhD Student, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.
² Honorary Professor of Thoracic Imaging, The University of Manchester, Co-lead for Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

No abstract available

References

1. Mourato FA, Brito AE, Romão MAC, et al. Use of PET/CT to aid clinical decision-making in cases of solitary pulmonary nodule: a probabilistic approach. Radiol Bras. 2020;53:1–6. - PMC - PubMed
1. Swensen SJ, Silverstein MD, Ilstrup DM, et al. The probability of malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules. Application to small radiologically indeterminate nodules. Arch Intern Med. 1997;157:849–855. - PubMed
1. Herder GJ, van Tinteren H, Golding RP, et al. Clinical prediction model to characterize pulmonary nodules: validation and added value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. Chest. 2005;128:2490–2496. - PubMed