Detection of lymph node metastasis using PET/CT in cholangiocarcinoma

Acta Medica Nagasakiensia

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 59-61

  Minami, Shigeki ^a   Suga, Kazuo ^a   Inokuma, Takamitsu ^a   Furukawa, Masato ^a   Chiba, Kenya ^a  

^a Nishi Isahaya Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Computed tomography; Fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548848242     PISSN: 00016055     EISSN: 00016055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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