(18)FDG-PET-scan in staging of primary malignant melanoma of the oesophagus: A case report

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-14

  Vandewoude, Michel ^a,b   Cornelis, A ^a   Wyndaele, D ^a   Brussaard, C ^a   Kums, R ^a  

^a Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Oesophagus; PET scan

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORTICOSTEROID; DACARBAZINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BARIUM MEAL; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645664277     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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