Focal F-18 fluoro-deoxy-glucose accumulation in the lung parenchyma in the absence of CT abnormality in PET/CT

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 800-805

  Karantanis, Dimitrios ^a,b   Subramaniam, Rathan M ^a   Mullan, Brian P ^a   Peller, Patrick J ^a   Wiseman, Gregory A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Leof P Kanellopoulou   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artifact; False positive FDG PET scan; FDG clot; Focal lung FDG uptake; PET CT

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; POSITRONS;

ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FALSE POSITIVE; FALSE-POSITIVE FDG-POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; FDG CLOT; FDG UPTAKES; FOCAL LUNG FDG UPTAKE; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG UPTAKE; EMBOLISM; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 34748868485     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3180340376     Document Type: Article

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