Detection of primary choriocarcinoma in the mediastinum by F-18 FDG positron emission tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 663-665

  Bachmann, Juliane ^a   Ernestus, Karen ^a   Werner, Tamara ^a   Garnier, Yves ^a   Mallmann, Peter ^a   Pietsch, Carsten ^a   Schicha, Harald ^a   Schmidt, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Human chorionic gonadotropin

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIASTINUM CHORIOCARCINOMA; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; CHORIOCARCINOMA, NON-GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547661808     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3180a1ac9d     Document Type: Article

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