Pulmonary Paragonimus westermani with false-positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography mimicking primary lung cancer

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 470-472

  Osaki, Toshihiro ^a,c   Takama, Tatsuo ^a   Nakagawa, Makoto ^a   Oyama, Tsunehiro ^b  

^a SAISEIKAI FUKUOKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Paragoniumus westermani; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANIMALS; BROMHEXINE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 36148945569     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-007-0167-x     Document Type: Article

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