Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection mimic metastases on PET/CT scan

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 276-277

  Lin, Kuan Hsiu ^a   Wang, Jao Hsien ^b   Peng, Nan Jing ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Jiannren Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium kansasii; Non tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM); Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STAINING;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 41349098870     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181662fb2     Document Type: Article

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