The Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleurisy and in the Differential Diagnosis between Tuberculous Pleurisy and Pleural Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma

<div>A 71-year-old man presented with cough and was diagnosed with PMLAC by thoracoscopic biopsy, whose LAC lesion was undiscovered by CT or 18F-FDG PET/CT. (a) Mixed 18F-FDG uptake of the left pleura. (c, d) Diffused 18F-FDG uptake of the left pleura. (b) Lamellar thickening of the left pleura. (f, g, i, j) Focal 18F-FDG uptake of the left pleura. (e, h) Multiple nodules on the left pleura. All are indicated by the red arrow.</div>

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Figure 3: The Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleurisy and in the Differential Diagnosis between Tuberculous Pleurisy and Pleural Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma 

Figure 3 | The Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleurisy and in the Differential Diagnosis between Tuberculous Pleurisy and Pleural Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma 