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Evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes using18F-FDG PET-CT scan and its histopathologic correlation
Author(s) -
Arvind Kumar,
Rimlee Dutta,
Umashankkar Kannan,
Rakesh Kumar,
Gopi C Khilnani,
Siddhartha Datta Gupta
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.74270
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , lymph , nuclear medicine , positron emission tomography , lymphoma , radiology , standardized uptake value , sarcoidosis , mediastinum , pet ct , pathology
To determine the efficacy of integrated (18)F-fluorodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET-CT) in the evaluation and characterization of mediastinal lymph nodes into benign and malignant pathology.