Positron emission tomography imaging of renal vein and inferior vena cava tumor thrombus from renal cell carcinoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-109

  Nguyen, Ba D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferior vena cava; Positron emission tomography; Renal cell carcinoma; Renal vein; Tumor thrombus

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY VEIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TUMOR THROMBUS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RENAL VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 12244276353     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200502000-00009     Document Type: Article

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