Nonspecific infecton uptake in hyperemia secondary to a Ewing sarcoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 479-481

  Adams, Bruce Keith ^a   Youssef, Inas ^a   Parkar, Shehnaaz ^a  

^a MAFRAQ HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Ewing sarcoma; Hyperemia; Infecton imaging; Tc 99m ciprofloxacin

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN TC 99M; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DRUG UPTAKE; EWING SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SHOULDER; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 33748133357     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000227416.41188.cc     Document Type: Article

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