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Fig. 4 | BMC Medical Imaging

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From: Impact of 18F-FDG PET/CT, CT and EBUS/TBNA on preoperative mediastinal nodal staging of NSCLC

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False positive FDG-PET/CT and true negative EBUS/TBNA. A case of right lung moderately differentiated lung adenocarcinoma. Axial CT scan showed prominent right lower paratracheal lymph node. Axial FDG-PET and FDG-PET/CT showed suspicious hypermetabolic (SUVmax: 3) right lower paratracheal lymph node. EBUS/TBNA turned negative for lymph node metastases. Lymph node dissection confirmed the EBUS/TBNA result

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