Detection of a small lung cancer hidden in pneumoconiosis with progressive massive fibrosis using F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-248

  Je, Su Kyung ^a   Ahn, Myeong Im ^a   Park, Young Ha ^a   Kim, Chi Hong ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

F 18 FDG; Lung cancer; PET CT; Pneumoconiosis; Progressive massive fibrosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LOBE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847222110     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000255240.52099.06     Document Type: Article

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