Invasive Aspergillosis Mimicking Stage IIIA Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer on FDG Positron Emission Tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 234-235

  Wilkinson, Mark D ^a   Fulham, Michael J ^a,b   McCaughan, Brian C ^a   Constable, Chris J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

F 18 Fluorodeoxyglucose; Invasive Aspergillosis; Non Small Cell Lung Cancer; Positron Emission Tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALAISE; MALE; PAIN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 85047690643     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RLU.0000053535.03453.D9     Document Type: Article

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