Chest tube insertion as a potential source of false-positive FDG-positron emission tomographic results

Clin Nucl Med. 2002 Apr;27(4):285-6. doi: 10.1097/00003072-200204000-00010.

Authors

Hongming Zhuang¹, Mary E Cunnane, Nasrin V Ghesani, P David Mozley, Abass Alavi

Affiliation

¹ Division of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 110 Donner Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

PMID: 11914670
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200204000-00010

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Chest Tubes*
False Positive Reactions
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Male
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Thoracic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Thorax / diagnostic imaging*
Tomography, Emission-Computed*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18