Positron emission tomography/computed tomography in cases with tuberculosis mimicking lung cancer

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-269

  Boyaci, Hasim ^a   Basyigit, Ilknur ^a   Baris, Serap Argun ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84876698467     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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