18F-Fluorodeoxy glucose (FDG) uptake in nontraumatic bilateral adrenal hemorrhage secondary to heparin-associated thrombocytopenia syndrome (HATS)-a case report

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-140

  Joseph, Usha A ^a   Barron, Bruce J ^a   Wan, David Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET; Adrenal gland; Heparin associated thrombocytopenia syndrome (HATS); Nontraumatic hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASES; METABOLISM; PATIENT TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE; TUMORS;

ADRENAL GLAND; HEPARIN-ASSOCIATED THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME (HATS); NONTRAUMATIC HEMORRHAGE;

GLUCOSE;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEPARIN;

ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLANDS; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEMORRHAGE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 33847018435     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2006.12.025     Document Type: Article

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