False-Negative 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

We report a diagnostically challenging case of a 77-year-old man who presented with shortness of breath and was found to have a large right hydropneumothorax with collapse of the right lung. A malignancy was suspected, but pleural fluid cytology and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tom...

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Autores principales: Corbin, Haley, Packer, Clifford D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8448264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34540486
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17263

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8448264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34540486
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17263

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