High 18F-fluorodeoxyglocose uptake in adrenal histoplasmosis; a case report

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2483-2486

  Umeoka, Shigeaki ^a   Koyama, Takashi ^b   Saga, Tsuneo ^a   Higashi, Tatsuya ^b   Ito, Noriyuki ^a   Kamoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Kotani, Hirokazu ^a   Ogawa, Osamu ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; FDG PET; Histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; ITRACONAZOLE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL TUMOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADRENAL GLAND; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; AGED; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 31544455836     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2683-3     Document Type: Article

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