Teflon-induced granuloma: A false-positive finding with PET resolved with combined PET and CT

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1164-1166

  Yeretsian, Rita A ^a   Blodgett, Todd M ^a   Branstetter IV, Barton F ^a   Roberts, Michelle M ^a   Meltzer, Carolyn Cidis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; POLITEF;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; AGED; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 0037938576     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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