FDG PET in primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) of the pericardium

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-19

  Bhargava, Peeyush ^a,b   Glass, Elizabeth ^a   Brown, Jeffrey ^a   Eapen, Elizabeth ^a   Ames, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effusion; FDG; Lymphoma; Pericardium; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSPNEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY EFFUSION LYMPHOMA;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 29444439491     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000191351.69681.32     Document Type: Article

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