Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst Detected on FDG PET-CT

A 40-year-old man on follow-up for treated tongue cancer was evaluated with a chest radiograph for cough of recent onset. The radiograph revealed a lung mass which was diagnosed as hydatid cyst after surgical resection. Tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus cause hydatid disease in humans, which most...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical nuclear medicine 2010-04, Vol.35 (4), p.298-299
Hauptverfasser:	Rangarajan, Venkatesh, Dua, Sumeet, Purandare, Nilendu C, Shah, Sneha, Sharma, Anshu Rajnish
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Humans Male Positron-Emission Tomography - methods Radiopharmaceuticals Subtraction Technique Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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