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ArticleCureus2025

Diagnostic Dilemma of Rounded Atelectasis in the Left Lower Lobe Showing High Uptake of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose: A Surgical Conundrum.

Tomohito Saito, Yumiko Kono, Yuta Akahane, Natsumi Maru, Takahiro Utsumi, Aki K Kobayashi, Kento J Fukumoto, Hiroshi Matsui, Yohei Taniguchi, Haruaki Hino and 3 more

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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13 authors.

Tomohito SaitoThoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, JPN.
Yumiko KonoRadiology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, JPN.
Yuta AkahanePathology, Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital, Osaka, JPN.
Natsumi MaruThoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, JPN.
Takahiro UtsumiThoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, JPN.
Aki K KobayashiThoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, JPN.
Kento J FukumotoThoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, JPN.
Hiroshi MatsuiThoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, JPN.
Yohei TaniguchiThoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, JPN.
Haruaki HinoThoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, JPN.
Osamu HondaRadiology, Himedic Clinic Nakanishima, Osaka, JPN.
Koji TsutaPathology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, JPN.
Tomohiro MurakawaThoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, JPN.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Differentiating rounded atelectasis from lung cancer can be challenging. Rounded atelectasis has a low-to-moderate maximum standardized uptake value of

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case reportcomet tail signfluorodeoxyglucosepositron emission tomographyrounded atelectasis

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PMID40416114
PMCPMC12103934

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