Invasive Aspergillosis Mimicking Metastatic Lung Cancer

Invasive Aspergillosis Mimicking Metastatic Lung Cancer

In a patient with a medical history of cancer, the most probable diagnosis of an 18FDG-avid pulmonary mass combined with intracranial abnormalities on brain imaging is metastasized cancer. However, sometimes a differential diagnosis with an infectious cause such as aspergillosis can be very challeng...

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Main Authors: Michiel J. E. G. W. Vanfleteren, Anne-Marie C. Dingemans, Veerle F. Surmont, Karim Y. Vermaelen, Alida A. Postma, Astrid M. L. Oude Lashof, Cordula C. M. Pitz, Lizza E. L. Hendriks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
lung cancer
lung neoplasms
brain metastasis
brain neoplasms
brain abscess
aspergillosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2018.00188/full

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