F-18 FDG uptake in osteonecrosis mimicking bone metastasis on PET/CT images

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 496-497

  Sohn, Myung Hee ^a   Jeong, Hwan Jeong ^a   Lim, Seok Tae ^a   Song, Sang Heon ^a   Yim, Chang Yeol ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

F 18 FDG; Femur; Osteonecrosis; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; BONE METASTASIS; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMUR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEONECROSIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249087139     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318053ed7b     Document Type: Article

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