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SUBMITTER: Wang Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4782873 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Qingxuan Q Chen Endong E Cai Yefeng Y Zhang Xiangjian X Li Quan Q Zhang Xiaohua X
Medicine 20160301 9
F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography--an established modality for evaluating malignancies--exhibits increased uptake under inflammatory conditions. A 21-year-old man came to our hospital with persistent pain in his right lower quadrant of abdomen for more than 1 month, but had no diarrhea, fever, chills, weight loss, or other constitutional symptoms. Colonoscopy analysis showed no organic diseases in his colorectum. Ultrasound results revealed multiple enlarged lymph nodes in the bi ...[more]