Lung mass with bilateral mediastinal hypermetabolic lymphadenopathy in a chronic smoker indicative of lung cancer?
We present the case of an asymptomatic woman, a chronic heavy smoker, who presented with an incidental lung mass and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy and endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration did not show malignancy. A positron emission...
Main Authors: | Asghar Ali, Sindhaghatta Venkatram, Masooma Niazi, Gilda Diaz-Fuentes |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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Series: | Respiratory Medicine Case Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007119303156 |
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