F-18 FDG PET-CT appearance of metastatic brachial plexopathy in a case of carcinoma of the breast

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 432-434

  Luthra, Karuna ^a   Shah, Sneha ^a   Purandare, Nilendu ^a   Medhi, Seema ^a   Rangarajan, V ^a   Samuel, A M ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Brachial plexopathy; Carcinoma of the breast; FDG PET CT

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SHOULDER; VERTEBRA;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CICATRIX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748209539     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000223116.30927.48     Document Type: Article

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