False-positive axillary lymph node on FDG-PET/CT scan resulting from immunization

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 731-732

  Williams, Gethin ^a   Joyce, Robin M ^a   Parker, J Anthony ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; False positive; FDG; Immunization; PET

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BACKACHE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AXILLA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 33750354954     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000242693.69039.70     Document Type: Article

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