FDG-PET imaging in primary bilateral adrenal lymphoma: A case report and review of the literature

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 222-230

  Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Xiu, Yan ^a   Mavi, Ayse ^a   El Haddad, Ghassan ^a   Zhuang, Hongming ^a   Alavi, Abass ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal masses; FDG PET; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Primary adrenal lymphoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMAGING; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 15444369421     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000155983.46815.1c     Document Type: Review

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