Systemic tuberculosis presenting as an epiglottic mass detected on F-18 FDG PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 719-724

  Fernandez, Philippe ^a,b   Guyot, Martine ^a,b   Lazaro, Estibaliz ^c   Viallard, Jean François ^c   Allard, Michèle ^a,b   Ducassou, Dominique ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGLOTTIS TUMOR; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIGLOTTIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548077109     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318123f7fb     Document Type: Article

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