International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 628-629 , June 2010

FDG avid supraclavicular neck adenopathy of tubercular etiology masquerading as neck recurrence in differentiated thyroid carcinoma: potential source of false positive FDG-PET study

  • S. Basu

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: Sandip Basu, Radiation Medicine Centre (BARC), Tata Memorial Hospital Annexe, Jerbai Wadia Road, Parel, Bombay 400012, India. Tel.: +91 9322641615.

,Accepted 21 January 2010.

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PII: S0901-5027(10)00025-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.01.021

International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 628-629 , June 2010

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