Asbestos-related lung cancer
Diagnosis certain
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There is evidence of prior asbestos exposure demonstrated by the calcified and non calcified pleural plaques. The single image fused FDG PET/CT lung window shows intense FDG avidity in the right upper lobe mass. The asbestos increases the risk of primary lung cancer and mesothelioma 1. The mass is biopsy proven adenocarcinoma.
-<p>There is evidence of prior asbestos exposure demonstrated by the calcified and non calcified pleural plaques. The single image fused FDG PET/CT lung window shows intense FDG avidity in the right upper lobe mass. The asbestos increases the risk of primary lung cancer and mesothelioma <sup>1</sup>. The mass is biopsy proven adenocarcinoma. </p><p> </p><p> </p>- +<p>There is evidence of prior asbestos exposure demonstrated by the calcified and non calcified pleural plaques. The single image fused FDG PET/CT lung window shows intense FDG avidity in the right upper lobe mass. The asbestos increases the risk of primary lung cancer and mesothelioma <sup>1</sup>. The mass is biopsy proven adenocarcinoma. </p>
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Calcified and non calcified pleural plaques consistantconsistent with prior asbestos exposure. A right upper lobe mass with intense FDG uptake.
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