Chewing gum causing a very high FDG uptake of the tongue on PET scan

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-123

  Kathula, Satheesh K ^a   Mantil, Joseph ^b  

^a Greater Dayton Cancer Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chewing gum; PET scan; Tongue uptake

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHEWING GUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TONGUE;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHEWING GUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TONGUE;

EID: 33846420974     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000251869.86442.85     Document Type: Article

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