PET-CT high-SUV mediastinal lymph nodes (MLN) in primary or treated extrathoracic malignancy – “Not all that lights up is malignant”

P. Biraris (Dhulia (M.S. ), India)

Source: International Congress 2017 – EBUS
Session: EBUS
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 825
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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