Usefulness of 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography for the diagnosis of pyothorax-associatedlymphoma: A report of three cases

Oncology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 833-836

  Abe, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tamura, Katsumi ^a   Sakata, Ikuko ^a   Ishida, Jiro ^a   Fukuba, Isao ^b   Matsuoka, Rokuro ^c   Shimizu, Seiichiro ^d   Murakami, Hiroshi ^e   Machida, Kikuo ^a  

^a Tokorozawa PET Diagnostic Imaging Clinic   (Japan)

^b Tokorozawa Clinic   (Japan)

^c M Clinic   (Japan)

^d Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

^e Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations   (Japan)

Author keywords

F 18 2' deoxy 2fluoro d glucose; Non hodgkin's lymphoma; Positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Pyothorax associated lymphoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL PNEUMOTHORAX; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA CAVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PYOTHORAX ASSOCIATED LYMPHOMA; THORAX WALL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77957595728     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol_00000146     Document Type: Article

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