Radiation myelopathy visualized as increased FDG uptake on positron emission tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 560-

  Chamroonrat, Wichana ^a   Posteraro, Anthony ^a   El Haddad, Ghassan ^a   Zhuang, Hongming ^a   Alavi, Abass ^a  

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

Author keywords

FDG PET; Radiation myelopathy; Radiation therapy 560; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DESMOID TUMOR; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MYELOPATHY; RADIOISOTOPE UPTAKE; SKIN TINGLING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; PARESTHESIA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 23344451407     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000170040.63554.81     Document Type: Article

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