Abstract
A 78-years old man, heavy smoker, with a persistent and hacking cough, was diagnosed with an adenocarcinoma of upper lobe of left lung. Clinical stage was defi ned as cT2N0M0 also on the basis of a negative 18FDG-PET/TC. After lobectomy, pathological stage resulted, on the contrary, pT2N2M0. Because the considerable incidence of preoperative false negative uptakes of PET/TC for involvement of mediastinal lymph nodes, this case report is highlighted as emblematic, particularly in relation to post-operative treatment of early stage NSCLC.
Translated title of the contribution | Occult mediastinal node involvement in non-small cell lung cancer after negative uptake on PET/CT: Ripples through staging and therapy. Case report and critical review |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 559-561 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Clinica Terapeutica |
Volume | 162 |
Issue number | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)