Sacral Fractures: A Potential Pitfall of FDG Positron Emission Tomography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1239-1243

  Fayad, Laura M ^a   Cohade, Christian ^a   Wahl, Richard L ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SACRUM FRACTURE;

EID: 0142031604     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.5.1811239     Document Type: Article

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