Two surgical cases of small pulmonary nodules in which preoperative FDG-PET was carried out for differentiating between malignant and benign diseases
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The Value of LDH Level of BAL Fluid in Differentiating Benign from Malignant Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
Background: Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) concentration is an indicator for tissue injury. It may be secreted locally in many conditions. For the first time, this study was performed to investigate the value of LDH level in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in differentiation of benign from malignant single pulmonary nodules (SPNs) and to assess its relationship with serum LDH levels. Met...
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background: serum lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) concentration is an indicator for tissue injury. it may be secreted locally in many conditions. for the first time, this study was performed to investigate the value of ldh level in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (balf) in differentiation of benign from malignant single pulmonary nodules (spns) and to assess its relationship with serum ldh levels. m...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Japanese Associtation for Chest Surgery
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0919-0945,1881-4158
DOI: 10.2995/jacsurg.19.837