False positive 18F-FDG PET/CT due to gynaecomastia

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 614-

  Ramtahalsing, R ^a   Arens, A I J ^a   Vliegen, R F A ^a   Teule, G J J ^a   Van Den Ende, P L A ^a   Beets Tan, R G H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BREAST; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG UPTAKE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NIPPLE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PECTORAL MUSCLE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; BREAST TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947247954     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0263-7     Document Type: Article

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