Primary nodal anthracosis identified by EBUS-TBNA as a cause of high PET-CT FDG uptake in mediastinal lymph nodes: case series

S. Olgun (Istanbul, Turkey), E. Bozkurtlar (Istanbul, Turkey), D. Kocakaya (Istanbul, Turkey), H. Arikan (Istanbul, Turkey), E. Eryuksel (Istanbul, Turkey), B. Ceyhan (Istanbul, Turkey), S. Karakurt (Istanbul, Turkey)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Occupational and environmental lung diseases: mechanisms, biomarkers and causation
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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