All That Glitters Is Not Gold" - A Case of an Occult Foreign Body in the Lung with Elevated 2-[18F]-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) Uptake Mimicking Bronchogenic Carcinoma

Combined positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) using the glucose analogue 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) has become the standard of care in oncological patients. However, due to the non-specific nature of FDG uptake, there are many physiological variants and benign pathol...

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Autores principales: Kanchustambham, Venkatkiran, Schenone, Aaron, Reichardt, Brian A, Saladi, Swetha, Mehta, Kris, Poddar, Nishant, Stoeckel, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5323024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28265526
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.990

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5323024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28265526
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.990

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