PET and PLAP in suspected testicular cancer relapse: Beware sarcoidosis

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1485-1488

  Karapetis, C S ^a   Strickland, A H ^a   Yip, D ^a   Walt, J D Van Der ^b   Harper, P G ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Immunohistochemistry; Sarcoidosis; Testicular neoplasm; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TESTIS CANCER; TISSUE REACTION;

EID: 0035184150     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012548312538     Document Type: Article

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