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It is rarely reported but may mislead interpretation.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Purpose: To describe the\n                    <jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>\n                    F-FDG PET\/CT findings of pulmonary cryptococcosis.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Material and Methods: The\n                    <jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>\n                    F-FDG PET\/CT images of seven patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis were evaluated.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Results: The\n                    <jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>\n                    F-FDG PET\/CT exams showed single or multiple nodular lesions. The standardized uptake values (SUV) in early images varied significantly for the seven patients (ranging from 2.2 to 11.6). Delayed SUVs showed significant increases in four patients.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Conclusion: Pulmonary cryptococcosis mimics primary or metastatic lung cancer on\n                    <jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>\n                    F-FDG PET\/CT scan. Tissue confirmation should be considered for any suspicious pulmonary nodules found on\n                    <jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>\n                    F-FDG PET\/CT scan with an SUV score higher than 2.5, in order to avoid overdiagnosis or overstaging.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1080\/02841850902756532","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,25]],"date-time":"2009-02-25T19:07:41Z","timestamp":1235588861000},"page":"374-378","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Characteristics of integrated\n                    <sup>18<\/sup>\n                    F-FDG PET\/CT in pulmonary cryptococcosis"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Chung-Jen","family":"Huang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Intensive Care Medicine, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dong-Ling","family":"You","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pei-Ing","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Li-Han","family":"Hsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Intensive Care Medicine, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chia-Chuan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Thoracic Surgery, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chih-Shiun","family":"Shih","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Thoracic Surgery, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chiang-Ching","family":"Shih","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hsiu-Chin","family":"Tseng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,1]]},"container-title":["Acta Radiologica"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/02841850902756532","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/02841850902756532","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,28]],"date-time":"2026-04-28T13:52:28Z","timestamp":1777384348000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1080\/02841850902756532"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2009,5]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2009,5]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1080\/02841850902756532"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02841850902756532","relation":{},"ISSN":["0284-1851","1600-0455"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0284-1851","type":"print"},{"value":"1600-0455","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2009,5]]}}}