Two cases of granuloma mimicking local recurrence after pulmonary segmentectomy

Two cases of granuloma mimicking local recurrence after pulmonary segmentectomy

Abstract Background Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/CT is the most sensitive non-invasive imaging method for the detection of tumor metastasis and recurrence, but sometimes reveals false-positive results. Herein, we report two cases of false-positive results on PET/CT sca...

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Main Authors: Mikio Okazaki, Yoshifumi Sano, Yu Mori, Nobuhiko Sakao, Syungo Yukumi, Hisayuki Shigematsu, Hironori Izutani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Lung cancer
Granuloma
Segmentectomy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-020-1055-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-020-1055-z

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