Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 327-330 , December 2009

Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Presenting as a Positron Emission Tomography False-negative Scan

  • Chien Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jenq-Yuh Ko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Ping Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Lai-Lei Ting

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jong-Kai Hsiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 27 December 2008 ,Revised 7 January 2009 ,Accepted 19 January 2009.

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60064-1

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60064-1

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 327-330 , December 2009

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