Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and pulmonary infarction imaging findings
From: The rim sign: FDG-PET/CT pattern of pulmonary infarction
Sex | Age (years) | Clinical context | Primary tumor: histopathological type, localization and SUVmax | Pulmonary infarction characteristics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mechanism | Topography | Size (mm) | SUVmax | Triangular shape | Vessel sign | Central lucencies | |||||
1 | M | 55 | Lung cancer initial staging | Lung Adenocarcinoma; RLL; SUVmax: 21.8 | PE | RLL | 34 | 3,7 | + | − | + |
RUL | 50 | 4,6 | − | + | − | ||||||
2 | M | 53 | Lung cancer initial staging | Small cell lung cancer; mediastinum; SUVmax: 11.7 | Tumoral obstruction | LUL | 60 | 4,8 | + | − | + |
LUL | 30 | 3,5 | + | − | + | ||||||
3 | F | 89 | Lung cancer initial staging | Squamous cell lung cancer; LUL; SUVmax: 9.5 | PE | RUL | 47 | 2,7 | + | − | + |
4 | M | 63 | Suspicion of lung cancer | * | PE | RLL | 60 | 3,1 | − | − | − |
5 | M | 57 | Suspicion of lung cancer | * | PE | ML | 33 | 2,2 | − | − | − |
6 | M | 53 | Therapy response assessment | Squamous cell lung cancer: ML; SUVmax: 9.5 | Tumoral obstruction | RLL | 74 | 6,8 | − | − | + |