Does prior mediastinal lymph node aspiration contribute to false-positive positron emission tomography–computed tomography?

J. Michael Ramsahai, Christine Molnar, Lawrence Lou, Winston Ying, Paul MacEachern, Christopher A. Hergott, Elaine Dumoulin, Nadine Strilchuk, Marc Fortin, Alain Tremblay

Source: ERJ Open Res, 6 (4) 00103-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00103-2020
Journal Issue: October
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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J. Michael Ramsahai, Christine Molnar, Lawrence Lou, Winston Ying, Paul MacEachern, Christopher A. Hergott, Elaine Dumoulin, Nadine Strilchuk, Marc Fortin, Alain Tremblay. Does prior mediastinal lymph node aspiration contribute to false-positive positron emission tomography–computed tomography?. ERJ Open Res, 6 (4) 00103-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00103-2020

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