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CASE REPORT
A case report of refractory pulmonary adenocarcinoma
Haiyan Li1 ,
Chifeng Xu1 ,
Xia Lu1*
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Yangzhou,
China
Submitted: 29 April 2023 | Accepted: 16 June 2023 | Published: 28 June 2023
© 2023 by the Author(S). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract
As one of the most common types of carcinomas, lung cancer has high incidence and mortality rates. Among the pathological types of lung cancer, pulmonary adenocarcinoma is the most prevalent. Advancements in medical treatments have contributed to improved prognosis in pulmonary adenocarcinomas. However, this case report revealed a rare refractory lung adenocarcinoma, suggesting that further research and robust management strategies are needed to improve clinical outcomes. In this regard, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/ computed tomography plays a very important role in the comprehensive evaluation of glucose metabolic activity in lung adenocarcinoma and the progression of metastasis in distant organs.
Keywords
Pulmonary adenocarcinoma
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Treatment
Prognosis
Funding
Lvyang Jinfeng talents attracting plan
Conflict of interest
There is no conflicts of interest in this study.
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