Inflammatory pseudotumor of mediastinum treated with tomotherapy and monitored with FDG-PET/CT: Case report and literature review

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Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 322-326

  Alongi, Filippo ^a,b,c   Bolognesi, Angelo ^b   Gajate, Ana Maria Samanes ^b   Motta, Micaela ^b   Landoni, Claudio ^b   Berardi, Genoveffa ^b   Alongi, Pierpaolo ^d   Gianolli, Luigi ^b   Di Muzio, Nadia ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c LATO HSR G Giglio   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inflammatory pseudotumor; Mediastinum; PET CT; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYSPHAGIA; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; THORAX PAIN; TOMOTHERAPY;

EID: 77952925200     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161009600222     Document Type: Article

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