A case of lung cancer associated with pneumoconiosis diagnosed by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 597-600

  Bandoh, Shuji ^a   Fujita, Jiro ^a   Yamamoto, Yuka ^a   Nishiyama, Yoshihiro ^a   Ueda, Yutaka ^a   Tojo, Yasunori ^a   Ishii, Tomoya ^a   Kubo, Akihito ^a   Ishida, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Lung cancer; Pneumoconiosis; Progressive massive fibrosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242577258     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03006674     Document Type: Article

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