FDG PET of primary spinal glioblastoma initially mimicking a transverse myelitis on MRI

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 556-557

  Won, Kyoung Sook ^a,c   Kim, Jae Seung ^b   Ra, Young Shin ^b   Sohn, Cheol Ho ^a   Zeon, Seok Kil ^a  

^a Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose; Glioblastoma; PET; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; KI 67 ANTIGEN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE;

EID: 33747598491     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000233030.35986.5f     Document Type: Article

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