Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 6 , Pages 493-495 , June 2010

Multiple tracheal metastases of lung cancer: CT and integrated PET/CT findings

  • E.Y. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • T.S. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: T.S. Kim, Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50, Ilwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, South Korea. Tel.: +82 2 3410 2518; fax: +82 2 3410 2559.
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  • J.Y. Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • J. Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • H. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Received 11 November 2009 ,Revised 7 January 2010 ,Accepted 21 January 2010.

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PII: S0009-9260(10)00072-3

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.01.017

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 6 , Pages 493-495 , June 2010

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