18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for tuberculosis diagnosis and management: a case series

BACKGROUND: F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is increasingly used to investigate for malignancy in the evaluation of pulmonary nodules, yet both active tuberculosis (TB) and malignancy have high uptake of FDG. Definitive diagnosis of TB can be further hindered in patients...

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Autores principales: Heysell, Scott K, Thomas, Tania A, Sifri, Costi D, Rehm, Patrice K, Houpt, Eric R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23514625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23514625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-13-14

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