Perineural spread of melanoma demonstrated by F-18 FDG PET with MRI and pathologic correlation

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-108

  Lee, Theodore J ^a   Glastonbury, Christine M ^a   Buckley, Anne F ^a   Eisele, David W ^a   Hawkins, Randall A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Melanoma; Perineural tumor; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG UPTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; LABORATORY TEST; LIP MELANOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINEURIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

AGED; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, NERVE TISSUE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 38349086978     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31815ef7be     Document Type: Article

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