Prague Med. Rep. 2024, 125, 79-86

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2024.8

An Unusual Etiology of Fluorodeoxyglucose Avid Intrathoracic Lymph Nodes

Alyssa Bonnier1, Santu Saha2, Adam Austin3, Biplab K. Saha3

1Department of Critical Care Nursing, Goldfarb School of Nursing, Barnes Jewish College, Saint Louis, USA
2Department of Medicine, Saha Clinic, Bangladesh
3Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Received November 24, 2022
Accepted January 30, 2024

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