Misleading leads. Brain stem glioma in a child: False diagnosis of radiation necrosis with FDG PET

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 260-262

  Fenton, Laura Z ^a   Madden, Jennifer R ^a   Foreman, Nicholas K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

18 fluoro deoxy glucose (FDG); Brain stem glioma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography; Temozoiomide

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; SCINTISCANNING; STANDARD;

BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECROSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0037395690     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10227     Document Type: Article

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