Elevated uptake of F-18 FDG in PET scans in nonmalignant disease

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 939-940

  Taaleb, K ^a   Kaiser, K P ^a   Wieler, H ^a  

^a Central Military Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

F 18 Fluorodeoxyglucose; Inflammatory Process; Lymphoma; Positron Emission Tomography; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPHOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLEEN; STOMACH PERFORATION;

ABDOMEN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUDEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033787606     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200011000-00026     Document Type: Article

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