Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia in Patient with History of Breast Cancer

Fig. 63.1

In the same axial scan, CT-PET shows two pulmonary nodules on the right that have different sizes and carbohydrate consumption. On the left, the CT shows some millimetric pulmonary nodules, not detected by PET due to resolving limits. Presence of left breast implant with moderate carbohydrate consumption and widespread adjacent soft tissue non-specific inflammatory reaction

Fig. 63.2

a The CT scan shows the presence of multiple solid pulmonary nodules with irregular margins, which does not have the typical characteristics of metastases. The PET shows glucose consumption due to the persistence of biological activity of lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (b)

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