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Chest clinic
Images in thorax
A rare intravascular tumour diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound
  1. William T Owen1,
  2. Elena Karampini2,
  3. Ronan A Breen3,
  4. Mufaddal Moonim4,
  5. Arjun Nair5,
  6. Sally F Barrington6,
  7. George Santis1
  1. 1Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Kings College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
  2. 2Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Kings College London, London, UK
  3. 3Department of Respiratory Medicine, Guy's & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  4. 4Department of Cellular Pathology, Guy's & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  5. 5Department of Radiology, Guy's & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  6. 6PET Imaging Centre at St. Thomas’ Hospital, King's College London, London UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr William T Owen, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Kings College London, 5th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK; williamowen{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208487

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    Figure 1

    CT pulmonary angiogram and positron emission tomography CT merged image showing high-grade 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in a 35 mm lesion within the left main pulmonary artery.

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    • Contributors All authors wrote, revised and approved the final manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.