Accuracy of FDG-PET to Diagnose Lung Cancer in a Region of Endemic Granulomatous Disease

Background The 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is used to evaluate suspicious pulmonary lesions due to its diagnostic accuracy. The southeastern United States has a high prevalence of infectious granulomatous lung disease, and the accuracy of FDG-PET may be reduced in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2011-08, Vol.92 (2), p.428-433
Hauptverfasser:	Deppen, Stephen, MA, MS, Putnam, Joe B., MD, Andrade, Gabriela, MS, Speroff, Theodore, PhD, Nesbitt, Jonathan C., MD, Lambright, Eric S., MD, Massion, Pierre P., MD, Walker, Ron, MD, Grogan, Eric L., MD, MPH
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - diagnostic imaging Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - surgery Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Diagnosis, Differential Endemic Diseases Female Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Granuloma - diagnostic imaging Granuloma - surgery Humans Likelihood Functions Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging Lung Diseases - surgery Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Lung Neoplasms - surgery Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pneumology Positron-Emission Tomography Prospective Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - diagnostic imaging Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - surgery Surgery Tennessee Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
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