Malignant ameloblastoma with thoracic vertebral metastasis: PET/CT and MR imaging

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 450-452

  Nguyen, Ba D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ameloblastoma; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastasis; Positron emission tomography; Spine

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AMELOBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE METASTASIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AMELOBLASTOMA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 19544379341     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000163382.16320.6b     Document Type: Article

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