Detection of a solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas with F-18 FDG positron emission tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-188

  Lee, Jong Kang ^a   Tyan, Yeu Sheng ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

F 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography; Solid pseudopapillary tumor

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FRANTZ TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PANCREAS SOLID PSEUDOPAPILLARY TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 13944260038     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200503000-00010     Document Type: Article

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