IMPORTANCE
Positron emission tomography (PET) combined with fludeoxyglucose F 18 (FDG) is recommended for the noninvasive diagnosis of pulmonary nodules suspicious for lung cancer. In populations with endemic infectious lung disease, FDG-PET may not accurately identify malignant lesions.
OBJECTIVES
To estimate the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET for pulmonary nodules suspicious for lung cancer...
