Asymptomatic Gastric Metastasis Detected by FDG-PET/CT Imaging in a Patient with Lung Cancer

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  • Yu-Lin Pai
  • Huan-Chun Su
  • Yuk-Cheung Wang
  • Jainn-Shiun Chiu
  • Guang-Uei Hung
  • Shuang Ho
چکیده

Department of Radiology, Chang Bing Show Chwan Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan Department of Chest Surgery, Chang Bing Show Chwan Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan Department of Hematological Oncology, Chang Bing Show Chwan Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang Bing Show Chwan Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

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تاریخ انتشار 2010