Pulmonary cryptococcosis: Imaging findings in 23 non-AIDS patients

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-416

  Song, Kyoung Doo ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Chung, Man Pyo ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Yi, Chin A ^a   Chung, Myung Jin ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis lung; CT PET; Infection lung

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PLUNAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SURGERY; MALE; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 77954812317     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.4.407     Document Type: Article

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