F-18 FDG imaging of an asymptomatic sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus in a patient with malignant disease

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 822-824

  Ak, Ilknur ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

F 18 FDG imaging; Pitfall; Sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PILONIDAL SINUS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SACRUM;

EID: 34748849493     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318148ba35     Document Type: Article

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