Hiatal Hernia Mimics Centrally Necrotic Cancer in the Lung on FDG Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-349

  Bhargava, Peeyush ^a   Zhuang, Hongming ^a   Alavi, Abass ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose; Hiatal Hernia; Lung Cancer; Positron Emission Tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR NECROSIS; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 85047694403     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RLU.0000057621.02252.42     Document Type: Article

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