Abdominal muscle uptake on FDG PET secondary to multiple rib fractures and use of accessory muscles of respiration

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 333-334

  Matthews, Robert ^a   Franceschi, Dinko ^a,b   Cabahug, Corazon ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscle uptake; F 18 FDG PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RIB FRACTURES;

EID: 17644381210     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000159677.84317.ec     Document Type: Article

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