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Takato Onda1, Hidefumi Kita, Tsutomu Yoshida

  • 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokorozawa Chuo Hospital, Tokorozawa, Japan.

概括

这一案例凸显了在正子发射断层扫描 (PET) 扫描中氧葡萄糖 (FDG) 积累的强度,通常表明肺癌,也可能发生在罕见的炎症状况中,如组织性肺炎,这给诊断带来了挑战.

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