A man with lung cancer and tuberculosis: A false positive by positron emission tomography and its clinical repercussions;Paciente con cáncer de pulmón y tuberculosis: Falso positivo en la PET y su repercusión clínica

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 90-92

  Ortiz Mera, J I ^a   Pereira Vega, A ^a   Ayerbe Garca R ^a   Gravalos Guzman J ^a   Maldonado Perez J A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Positron emission tomography; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FIBER OPTICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING; SPIROMETRY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FIBER OPTICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0347998499     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2896(02)75158-2     Document Type: Article

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