The Utility of F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Whole Body PET Imaging for Determining Malignancy in Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1354-1360

  Mansour, John C ^a   Schwartz, Lawrence ^a   Pandit Taskar, Neeta ^a   D'Angelica, Michael ^a   Fong, Yuman ^a   Larson, Steven M ^a   Brennan, Murray F ^a   Allen, Peter J ^a  

^a Departments of Surgery (JCM MD'A YF MFB PJA)   (United States)

Author keywords

cyst; Pancreas; PET scan

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLOID CARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTADENOMA, SEROUS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845444718     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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