The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT integrated imaging in distinguishing malignant from benign pleural effusion

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Sun, Yajuan ^a   Yu, Hongjuan ^a   Ma, Jingquan ^a   Lu, Peiou ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN PLEURA EFFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT PLEURA EFFUSION; PET-CT SCANNER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84990046567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161764     Document Type: Article

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