F-18 FDG PET as an imaging tool for detecting and staging metastatic basal-cell carcinoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 491-492

  Niederkohr, Ryan D ^a,b   Gamie, Sherief H ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; FDG; Metastatic disease; PET; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SHOULDER; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THORAX; TRUNK;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 34249003647     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3180537879     Document Type: Article

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