False-positive uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose in the hilar region and mediastinum

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 84-86

  Sun, Shung Shung ^a,b,c,d,e   Tsai, Shih Chuan ^a,b,c,d,e   Hsieh, Jih Fan ^a,b,c,d,e   Yen, Ruoh Fang ^a,b,c,d,e   Chieng, Poon Ung ^a,b,c,d,e   Kao, Chia Hung ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CYST; LUNG HILUS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PERICARDIUM CYST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

EID: 0035182249     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/snuc.2001.21077     Document Type: Article

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