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Two Cases of Acrometastasis from Lung Cancer Revealed on ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT

10.4274/mirt.galenos.2021.16013

• Rahime Şahin
• Özge Erol Fenercioğlu
• Ediz Beyhan
• Nurhan Ergül
• Tevfik Fikret Çermik

Received Date: 30.11.2020 Accepted Date: 03.03.2021 Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2022;31(2):160-162 PMID: 35771075

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We present 2 cases of acrometastases that manifest as the first signs of underlying lung cancer. The first case is 37 year-old-man misdiagnosed and treated as having a traumatic fracture at the left thumb. The second case is a 77 year-old-man who received treatment for soft tissue infection at left hand for 4 weeks. In both cases ¹⁸fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography demonstrated primary malignant lesions in the lungs consistent with primary lung cancer with acrometastases.

Keywords: Acrometastasis, lung carcinoma, bone metastasis, PET/CT, 18F-FDG-PET

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Informed Consent: The written and verbal constant has been obtained before the PET/CT scan.

Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed.

Authorship Contributions

Surgical and Medical Practices: R.Ş., Ö.E.F., E.B., N.E., T.F.Ç., Concept: R.Ş., Ö.E.F., E.B., N.E., T.F.Ç., Design: R.Ş., Ö.E.F., E.B., N.E., T.F.Ç., Data Collection or Processing: R.Ş., Ö.E.F., E.B., N.E., T.F.Ç., Analysis or Interpretation: R.Ş., Ö.E.F., E.B., N.E., T.F.Ç., Literature Search: R.Ş., Ö.E.F., E.B., N.E., T.F.Ç., Writing: R.Ş., Ö.E.F., E.B., N.E., T.F.Ç.

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