Abnormal FDG PET imaging in tuberculosis appearing like mesothelioma: Anatomic delineation by CT can aid in differential diagnosis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 815-817

  Yeh, Chia Lu ^a   Chen, Liang Kuang ^a,b   Chen, Shih Wei ^a   Chen, Yen Kung ^a,b  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

FDG PET CT; Mesothelioma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY PET; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MESOTHELIOMA; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 73449096129     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181b81e09     Document Type: Article

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