Rim-like FDG uptake in the gallbladder wall secondary to cholestasis from common bile duct obstruction

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 184-186

  Gupta, Pramod ^a   Ponzo, Fabio ^a   Kramer, Elissa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

F 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Gallbladder; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENT CANCER;

AGED; CHOLESTASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 13944284085     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200503000-00009     Document Type: Article

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