Spinal cord compression by tophaceous gout with fluorodeoxyglucose- positron-emission tomographic/MR fusion imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1201-1203

  Popovich, T ^a   Carpenter, Jeffrey S ^a   Rai, A T ^a   Carson, L V ^a   Williams, H J ^a   Marano, G D ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; URIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STEROID THERAPY; THORACIC SPINE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GOUT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747418562     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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