Uptake of F-18 FDG by a Hiatal Hernia

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 733-734

  Ahn, Sun Ho ^a,b   Scheiner, Jac D ^b   Noto, Richard B ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fluorodeoxyglucose; Hiatal Hernia; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0036778282     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200210000-00013     Document Type: Article

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