Thymic enlargement and FDG uptake in three patients: CT and FDG positron emission tomography correlated with pathology

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 519-522

  Wittram, Conrad ^a   Fischman, Allan J ^a   Mark, Eugene ^a   Ko, Jane ^b   Shepard, Jo Anne O ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; THYMUS; THYMUS DISEASE; THYMUS SURGERY;

EID: 0037305670     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.2.1800519     Document Type: Article

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