EUS-FNA and FDG-PET are complementary procedures in the diagnosis of enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-229

  Bataille, L ^a   Lonneux, M ^a   Weynand, B ^a   Schoonbroodt, D ^a   Collard, P ^a   Deprez, Pierre H ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47149112230     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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