Bronchogenic carcinoma associated with rheumatoid arthritis: Role of FDG-PET scans [7]

Rheumatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-360

  Rodriguez P ^a   Romero, T ^a   Rodriguez de Castro F ^a   Hussein, M ^a   Freixinet, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 33644859276     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel006     Document Type: Letter

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