A case of three synchronous primary tumors demonstrated by F-18 FDG PET

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 666-667

  Mittra, Erik ^a   Vasanawala, Minal ^b   Niederkohr, Ryan ^b   Rodriguez, Cesar ^b   Segall, George ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Esophagus; F 18 FDG; Malignancy; PET; Synchronous; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; MIDESOPHAGUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TONSIL; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TONSIL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSILLECTOMY; TUMOR BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547681557     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3180a1ad48     Document Type: Article

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