Usefulness of positron emission tomography in the differentiation between tumor and infectious lesions in pediatric oncology: a case report

BACKGROUND: Sometimes, in pediatric oncology, it is difficult to differentiate the relapse of primary tumor from other diagnoses such as post-ischemic lesions or fungal abscess, without performing an organ biopsy. In addition, patients frequently are not under clinical conditions to be biopsied, mai...

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Autores principales: Tibúrcio, Fernanda Rodrigues, de Sá Rodrigues, Karla Emília, Vasconcelos, Hérika Martins Mendes, Miranda, Débora Marques, Simões e Silva, Ana Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26337867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0427-3

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