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.
| Original language | Italian |
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| Pages (from-to) | 559-561 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Clinica Terapeutica |
| Volume | 162 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
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Trodella, L., Salvati, F., Martelli, M., Mattia, P., Graziano, P., & Ippolito, E. (2011). Linfonodi mediastinici occulti nel NCCLC: Ripercussioni della falsa negatività PET/TC sulla stadiazione e sulla terapia. Caso clinico e rassegna critica. Clinica Terapeutica, 162(6), 559-561.