Delayed development of radiation vasculopathy of the brain stem confirmed by F-18 FDG PET in a case of anaplastic astrocytoma

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 527-531

  Muthukrishnan, Ashok ^a   Bajoghli, Mehran ^a   Mountz, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic astrocytoma; Brain stem mass; F 18 FDG; Radiation vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION INDUCED VASCULOPATHY; RADIATION INJURY; SPEECH DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250857527     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31806469ef     Document Type: Article

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