Ground glass pulmonary nodules: their significance in oncology patients and the role of computer tomography and 18F–fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Abstract Objective to determine the clinical significance of ground glass pulmonary nodules, either pure (GGNs) or mixed with the presence of solid component (MPNs), in patients with known pulmonary or extra-thoracic malignancies and to evaluate the role of computed tomography (CT) and positron emis...

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Main Authors: Laura Evangelista, Annalori Panunzio, Elena Scagliori, Paolo Sartori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-02-01
Series:European Journal of Hybrid Imaging
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41824-017-0021-z