Not all that shines is cancer: pulmonary cryptococcosis mimicking lymphoma in [(18)] F fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography
We report of a case of pulmonary cryptococcosis mimicking lymphoma in a positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan. A 62-year old man with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma had complete resolution of abdominal and pulmonary lesions after three cycles of rituximab-based chemotherapy (R-CHOP). However, F...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
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| Series: | Einstein (São Paulo) |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082012000400018&lng=en&tlng=en |