Peritoneal carcinomatosis from cervical cancer detected by F-18 FDG positron emission tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-59

  Spottswood, S E ^a,c   Lopatina, O A ^b   Fey, G L ^a   Boardman, C H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; F 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Peritoneal carcinomatosis; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METASTASIS; OMENTUM; PELVIS; PELVIS TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 11144349781     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200501000-00022     Document Type: Article

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