F-18 FDG PET/CT detection of mediastinal malignancy in a patient with dermatomyositis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 304-305

  Liau, Nicholas ^a   Ooi, Colin ^a   Reid, Catherine ^a   Kirkwood, Ian D ^a   Bartholomeusz, Dylan ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Dermatomyositis; Mediastinum; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CREATINE KINASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LIMB WEAKNESS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; OCCULT CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147098530     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000257282.76269.85     Document Type: Article

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