Malignancy in kaolin pneumoconiosis found with F-18 FDG positron emission tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-7

  Williams, Hadyn T ^a   Solis, Veronica ^a   Dillard, Thomas A ^a   Gossage Jr , James R ^a   Freant, Lawrence J ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest; Imaging; Lung cancer diagnosis; Lung cancer staging; Lung pathology; Pneumoconiosis; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; KAOLIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; KAOLIN PNEUMOCONIOSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MINER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; KAOLIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 37549025386     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31815c50d6     Document Type: Article

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