Hepatic tuberculosis mimics metastasis revealed by 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages e325-e327

  Wang, Xiaoyan ^a   Shi, Xinchong ^a   Yi, Chang ^a   Chen, Zhifeng ^a   Zhang, Bing ^a   Zhang, Xiangsong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Hepatic tuberculosis; Metastasis; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DENSITY; DIARRHEA; HEPATIC TUBERCULOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER HILUS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RETROPERITONEUM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84886896940     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000263     Document Type: Article

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