Thyroid Nodule Mimicking Cervical Adenopathy on FDG Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 656-657

  Lin, Eugene C ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

F 18 Fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron Emission Tomography; Thyroid Nodules

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NECK; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID NODULE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYROID NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0036725085     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200209000-00010     Document Type: Article

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