Utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT uptake patterns in Waldeyer's ring for differentiating benign from malignant lesions in lateral pharyngeal recess of nasopharynx

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-14

  Chen, Yen Kung ^a   Su, Chen Tau ^b   Chi, Kwan Hwa ^b   Cheng, Ru Hwa ^a   Wang, Su Chen ^a   Hsu, Chung Huei ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; PET CT; Waldeyer's ring

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PALATINE TONSIL; PHARYNX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; WALDEYER RING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33847324070     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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