Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma: Rapid dissemination detected on FDG PET-CT

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 604-606

  Thambugala, G M ^a   Mohamed, A ^a,b   O'Neill, G F A ^c   Fulham, M J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT'S CLINIC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasm; Fluorodeoxyglucose 18F; PET CT; Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY SARCOMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751001602     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01664.x     Document Type: Article

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