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
Table 1
Characteristics of patients with TBP and PMLAC.
Pathology
TBP (20)
PMLAC (32)
Sex
Male
17
22
Female
3
10
Age
73.50 (62.75, 77.0)
63.59 13.73
Symptom
Cough
11
12
Night sweat
4
0
Fever
8
0
Hemoptysis
1
0
Feeble
2
1
Chest tightness
8
9
Asthma
2
3
Chest pain
0
6
Visual analysis
No uptake
2
1
Focal uptake
3
5
Diffused uptake
12
1
Mixed uptake
3
25
SUVmax of pleural lesions
SUVmax of the highest
6.11 4.03
4.55 (3.25, 7.05)
SUVmax of the lowest
1.88 1.22
1.73 0.87
Pleural morphology on CT
Normal
4
1
nodule formation
1
5
Lamellar thickening
11
3
Mixed thickening
4
23
The maximum diameter of the pleural nodule
0 (0, 0)
1.0 (0.75, 1.27)
The interlobular fissure nodule
Numbers
0
22
Size
—
0.90 0.34
SUVmax
—
2.57 2.30
TBP: tuberculous pleurisy; PMLAC: pleural metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma.
