Bilateral hilar foci on18F-FDG PET scan in patients without lung cancer: Variables associated with benign and malignant etiology

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1429-1436

  Karam, Maroun ^a   Roberts Klein, Shayna ^a   Shet, Narendra ^a   Chang, Johanna ^a   Feustel, Paul ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET scan; Benign; Bilateral hilar foci

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SARCOIDOSIS; SILICOSIS; TESTIS CANCER; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51349150271     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048983     Document Type: Article

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