Focal cholesterol granuloma in the anterior mediastinum: [18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings.

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Published in J Thorac Oncol on November 01, 2007

Authors

Kiminori Fujimoto1, Shinzo Takamori, Hirohisa Yano, Junko Sadohara, Toshihiro Matsuo, Yasuhiro Terazaki, Masatoshi Ishibashi, Naofumi Hayabuchi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan. kimichan@med.kurume-u.ac.jp

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