A small solitary pulmonary nodule discovered by 18F- fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and ct: Rare infection instead of rare tumor

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 249-252

  Zhang, Da Ming ^a   Xue, Hua Dan ^a   Duan, Lian ^a,b   Li, Ji ^c   Li, Nai Shi ^a,b   Jin, Zheng Yu ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cushing syndrome; ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone producing tumor; pulmonary cryptococcosis

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BISOPROLOL; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; OLMESARTAN; PENTETREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MYCOSIS; NECROSIS; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84872139336     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-9294(13)60010-3     Document Type: Article

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