Recurrent thymoma: Radiological (CT and FDG-PET) and histological (WHO criteria) features

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 292-296

  Ito, Hisao ^a   Shimada, Kazuyoshi ^a   Isogami, Katsuhiko ^a   Kondo, Takashi ^b   Kaneta, Tomohiro ^b   Takahashi, Shoki ^b   Fukuda, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Miyagi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center ^*  (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; FDG PET; Recurrence; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33749363898     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-005-1541-1     Document Type: Article

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