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. 2016 Aug 25;11(8):e0161764. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161764

Fig 2. 18F-FDG PET/CT integrated imaging of 54-year old woman with left lung cancer and malignant pleural effusion.

Fig 2

Axial CT (A) shows effusion in left pleural cavity, and axial 18F-FDG PET (B, arrow) and axial fused 18F-FDG PET/CT (C, arrow) display nodular 18F-FDG uptake (SUVmax of 3.0) in left-posterior pleural region. Pathology from thoracentesis confirmed malignant pleural effusion caused by metastatic adenocarcinoma.