Role of flourine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in thymic pathology

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 731-736

  El Bawab, Hatem ^a   Al Sugair, Abdul Aziz ^a   Rafay, Mohammed ^a   Hajjar, Wassem ^b   Mahdy, Mohammed ^a   Al Kattan, Khaled ^a,b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Positron emission tomography; Thymic carcinoma; Thymic hyperplasia; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; METASTASIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECURRENCE; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947167857     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.01.024     Document Type: Article

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