Diagnostic utility of whole body CT scanning in patients with unexplained weight loss.

BACKGROUND:Unexplained weight loss is a non-specific complaint with myriad potential etiologies. Increasingly, whole body CT studies are being performed in patients with unexplained weight loss to exclude organic etiologies such as malignancy. Our study aims to assess the diagnostic accuracy and yie...

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Main Authors: Yonggeng Goh, Yock Young Dan, Wynne Chua, Pooja Jagmohan, Joseph King-Tak Lee, Yee Liang Thian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6063413?pdf=render