Positron emission tomography/computed tomography images of pulmonary and spinal tuberculosis.
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A 38-year old man presented to the outpatient clinic with nonproductive cough and back pain. Positron emission tomography/ computed tomography images (Fig. 1) showed a pulmonary lesion in the right inferior lobe with 2-[18F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-FDG) uptake and destructive bone lesions with intense FDG activity in T5 to T9 vertebrae. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was confirmed by bronchofiberscopic examination (Fig. 2). Funding
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
دوره 46 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014