Multi-site abdominal tuberculosis mimics malignancy on 18F-FDG PET/CT: Report of three cases

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 4237-4242

  Tian, Geng ^a   Xiao, Yong ^b   Chen, Bin ^a   Guan, Hong ^a   Deng, Qun Yi ^c  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Frontier Defence Armed Police General Hospital   (China)

^c SHENZHEN THIRD PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal tuberculosis; Differential diagnosis; Malignancy; Positron emission tomography computed tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77956576820     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i33.4237     Document Type: Article

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