PET
The use of 2 – [fluorine-18] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) in the diagnosis of mesothelioma has been recently described, showing levels of abstraction higher than the inflammatory pleuritis and thickening secondary to exposure to asbestos, and help identify occult extrathoracic metastases excluded the patient for surgery. On the other hand, it might be useful to determine the most appropriate place for pleural biopsy to take us to the diagnosis, having linked the higher levels of abstraction with a worse prognosis.
MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging may add additional information in the staging of mesothelioma, primarily, as Heelan et al, regarding the invasion of the diaphragm and chest wall, being also useful in patients allergic to iodinated contrast.
Tags: diagnosis of mesothelioma, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, PET
