A Case of Pulmonary Paragonimiasis Presented as Solitary Pulmonary Nodule and Suspected as Lung Cancer on 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography
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Moon, Jae Young
(Department of Internal Medicine, Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
Jung, Ki Hwan (Department of Internal Medicine, Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) Kim, Je Hyeong (Department of Internal Medicine, Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) Park, Hyung Joo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) Kim, Young Sik (Department of Pathology, Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) Shin, Chol (Department of Internal Medicine, Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine) |
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