A case of Lhermitte-Duclos disease presenting high FDG uptake on FDG-PET/ CT

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-188

  Nakagawa, Toshio ^a   Maeda, Masayuki ^b   Kato, Mikiyoshi ^a   Terada, Naohiro ^a   Shimizu, Shigetoshi ^a   Morooka, Yoshito ^a   Nakano, Hiroshi ^a   Takeda, Kan ^b  

^a SAISEIKAI MATSUSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cowden disease; Delayed scan; Dual time point; F 18 fluorodeoxy glucose (FDG); Lhermitte Duclos disease; Positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET CT)

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COWDEN SYNDROME; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LHERMITTE DUCLOS DISEASE; LIPOMA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THYROID ADENOMA; TRICHILEMMOMA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADENOMA; AGED; CEREBELLUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HAMARTOMA SYNDROME, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547646932     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-007-9355-x     Document Type: Article

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