title: Chest tube insertion as a potential source of false-positive FDG-positron emission tomographic results.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 110 Donner Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Hongming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cunnane
authors.forename: Nasrin V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Ghesani
authors.forename: P David
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Mozley
authors.forename: Abass
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alavi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015505:Chest Tubes; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013909:Thorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18