FDG PET/CT detection of a gossypiboma in the neck

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 893-895

  Niederkohr, Ryan D ^a,b   Hwang, Bryan J ^b   Quon, Andrew ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FDG; Gossypiboma; PET CT; Retained surgical sponge

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; GOSSYPIBOMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT CANCER; SUPERINFECTION; SURGICAL SPONGE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TRACHEA RESECTION;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL SPONGES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349028654     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318156bcad     Document Type: Article

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