A potential role for F-18 FDG PET/CT in evaluation and management of fibrosing mediastinitis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 703-706

  Takalkar, Amol M ^a,b,c   Bruno, Gabriel L ^a   Makanjoula, Akinloye J ^a   El Haddad, Ghassan ^a   Lilien, David L ^a   Payne, D Keith ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^c Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign mediastinal disorders; FDG PET; Fibrosing mediastinitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIASTINITIS; NIGHT SWEAT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDIASTINITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548090724     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318125035b     Document Type: Article

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