Diagnostic value of PET/CT in differentiating benign from malignant solitary pulmonary nodules

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 935-941

  Dalli, A ^a   Selimoglu Sen, H ^b   Coskunsel, M ^b   Komek, H ^a   Abakay, O ^b   Sergi, C ^b   Tanrikulu, A Cetin ^b  

^a Diyarbakir Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Malignant tumor; Positron emission tomography; Solitary pulmonary nodules, suvmax

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSARCOMA; PET SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WEDGE RESECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893110663     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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