The role of F-18 FDG PET/CT in differentiating benign from malignant pulmonary masses and accompanying lymph nodes
TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, vol.66, no.2, pp.130-135, 2018 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 66 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2018
- Doi Number: 10.5578/tt.10809
- Journal Name: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.130-135
- Keywords: F-18 FDG, positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), lung cancer, CELL LUNG-CANCER, POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY, STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE, CT, NODULES, STAGE
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of SUVmax and lesion size to differentiate benign and malignant lesions of the lung and accompanying mediastinal lymph node on F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging.