Pecoma of the lung: A benign tumor with extensive 18F-2-deoxy-D- glucose uptake

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 676-678

  Zarbis, Nikolaos ^a   Barth, Thomas F E ^b   Blumstein, Nikolaus M ^b   Schelzig, Hubert ^b,c  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung tumor; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG PECOMA; LUNG TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; LUNG RESECTION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848882475     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.154039     Document Type: Article

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