Positron emission tomographic findings in a tuberculous brain abscess

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 303-306

  Kang, Kyusik ^a   Lim, Ilhan ^a   Roh, Jae Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18F fluoro 2 deoxyglucose; Diagnosis; Positron emission tomography; Ring enhancing mass; Tuberculous brain abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INSULIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS BRAIN ABSCESS; ABSCESS; BRAIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABSCESS; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 35848935199     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-007-0023-1     Document Type: Article

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