Teflon granuloma in the nasopharynx: A potentially false-positive PET/CT finding

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 417-420

  Harrigal, Chivonne ^a   Branstetter IV, Barton F ^a,b   Snyderman, Carl H ^a   Maroon, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PUH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLITEF;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX GRANULOMA; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL DISEASES; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23944431560     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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