Paravertebral Schwannoma with high uptake of fluorodeoxyglucose on positron emission tomography

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 537-538

  De Waele, M ^a,b   Carp, L ^a   Lauwers, P ^a   Hendriks, J ^a   De Maeseneer, M ^a   Van Schil, P ^a   Blockx, P ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Paravertebral tumour; PET scan; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744520088     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2005.11679777     Document Type: Article

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