| Literature DB >> 12924501 |
Shuji Bandoh1, Jiro Fujita, Yutaka Ueda, Yasunori Tojo, Tomoya Ishii, Akihito Kubo, Yuka Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Nishiyama, Toshihiko Ishida.
Abstract
Two patients showing abnormal fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake due to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection are presented. Intense focal FDG uptake in the lung field could have been caused by an infectious disease such as MAC. This should be considered as a possibility when FDG whole-body scans of patients with pulmonary nodules are interpreted. To our knowledge, this is the first description of an FDG-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) image of MAC infection of the lung.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12924501 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.726
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Intern Med ISSN: 0918-2918 Impact factor: 1.271