FDG PET/CT evaluation of pathologically proven pulmonary lesions in an area of high endemic granulomatous disease

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 400-405

  Sebro, Ronnie ^a   Aparici, Carina Mari ^a   Hernandez Pampaloni, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emphysema; Granulomatous disease; PET CT; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG LESION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PET SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMATOID CARCINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84879118221     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-013-0695-7     Document Type: Article

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