Tumour thrombus in the superior vena cava from anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid: FDG-PET/CT imaging findings

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 813-

  Strobel, K ^a   Steinert, H C ^a   Bhure, U ^a   Koma, A Y ^a   Gassmann, N ^a   Stockli S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR THROMBUS; CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID TUMOR; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

CARCINOMA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 34247613587     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0349-2     Document Type: Article

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