False-positive positron emission tomographic scan and computed tomography for recurrent vaginal cancer: Pitfalls of modern imaging techniques [1]

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 726-728

  Tjalma, Wiebren A A ^a   Carp, Laurens ^a   De Beeck, Bart Op ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RECURRENT CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY; VAGINA CANCER; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0842288912     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2003.10.008     Document Type: Letter

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