Pyothorax-associated lymphoma: Imaging findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-84

  Ueda, Takuya ^a   Andreas, Christe ^a   Itami, Jun ^b   Miyakawa, Kunihisa ^c   Fujimoto, Hajime ^d   Ito, Hisao ^e   Roos, Justus E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Nagano PET Imaging and Diagnostic Center   (Japan)

^d Numazu City Hospital   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; Empyema; Pleura; Pyothorax associated lymphoma; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL PNEUMOTHORAX; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PLEURA; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOTHORAX ASSOCIATED LYMPHOMA; RIB; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPYEMA, TUBERCULOUS; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX, ARTIFICIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 74749094361     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2603     Document Type: Article

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