Mucoepidermal carcinoma of the lung detected by positron emission tomography in a 5-year-old girl

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages E1-

  Kinoshita, Hiromi ^a   Shimotake, Takashi ^a   Furukawa, Taizo ^a   Deguchi, Eiichi ^a   Iwai, Naomi ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; FDG PET; Lung; Mucoepidermal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 17044371198     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.01.025     Document Type: Article

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