Herpes zoster mimicking recurrence of lymphoma on PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-105

  Joyce, Judith M ^a   Carlos, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpes zoster; Lymphoma; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; METHOTREXATE; RITUXIMAB;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENINGITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; METHODOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646111728     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000196604.22693.66     Document Type: Article

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