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The Imitation Game: A 55-Year-Old Man With a Lung and Adrenal Mass.

To the Editor:Infections can often cause pulmonary lesions that resemble cancer.1 Extrathoracic dissemination raises the suspicion for malignancy. The adrenals are a common site of occult lung cancer metastases, and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) has a high sensitivity and

T. Panchabhai | P. Patil | R. Walia | U. Chaddha | R. English

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