Hepatic macronodular tuberculoma mimics liver metastasis in a patient with locoregional advanced tongue cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Hsieh, Te Chun ^a   Wu, Yu Chin ^a   Hsu, Cheng Nan ^a   Yang, Chun Fan ^a   Chiang, I Ping ^a   Hsieh, Ching Yun ^a   Sun, Shung Shung ^a   Kao, Chia Hung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NODULE; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ODYNOPHAGIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CANCER; TUBERCULOMA; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; TONGUE TUMOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 80051642441     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.34.9407     Document Type: Article

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