Abstract
A highly F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-avid lung nodule was stable in both size and metabolic
activity over 4 months. This was most likely nonneoplastic because a true tumor would
grown in volume overtime. The high level of energy consumption was contributing functional
activities or by inflammatory cells. Because the speed of tumor growth is proportional
to its energy consumption, we consider the higher the metabolic activity of a lesion,
the less likely of malignant if it was stable in size over time.
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Publication history
Published online: January 04, 2010
Accepted:
November 9,
2009
Received:
September 20,
2009
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