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¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT findings in pleural effusions of patients with known cancer. A cytopathological correlation.
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Abstract
Pleural effusion is common in cancer patients and to determine its malignant origin is of huge clinical significance. PET/CT with ¹⁸F-FDG is of diagnostic value in staging and follow-up, but its ability to differentiate between malignant and benign effusions is not precisely known.