Calyceal diverticulum mimicking a renal tumor on FDG PET imaging

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 301-302

  Kavanagh, Joseph J ^a   Gordon, Leonie ^a   Curry, Nancy S ^a   Ravenel, James G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calyceal diverticulum; FDG PET; Kidney uptake; PET; Renal cortical lesion

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CALYCEAL DIVERTICULUM; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIVERTICULOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGING; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 33748180678     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000210543.21341.dc     Document Type: Article

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