Clinicoradiological features of pulmonary infarctions mimicking lung cancer

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 895-898

  George, C Joseph ^a   Tazelaar, Henry D ^a   Swensen, Stephen J ^a   Ryu, Jay H ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

CT = computed tomography; FDG = fluorodeoxyglucose F18; PET = positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLE BIOPSY; REVIEW; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBUS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 3042858936     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.7.895     Document Type: Article

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