Positive imaging of thymoma by 11C-acetate positron emission tomography

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1132-1134

  Ohtsuka, Takashi ^a   Nomori, Hiroaki ^b   Watanabe, Kenichi ^b   Naruke, Tsuguo ^b   Suemasu, Keiichi ^b   Kosaka, Noboru ^b   Uno, Kimiichi ^b  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID C 11; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32644479006     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.01.024     Document Type: Article

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