FDG hypermetabolism associated with inflammatory necrotic changes following radiation of meningioma

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1027-1029

  Fischman, Alan J ^a   Thornton, Allan F ^a   Frosch, Matthew P ^a   Swearinger, Brooke ^a   Gonzalez, R G ^a   Alpert, Nathaniel M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorine 18 FDG; Meningioma; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION INJURY;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030877179     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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