FDG uptake in cervical facet subchondral cysts demonstrated by PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 268-270

  Lin, Eugene ^a   Sicuro, Paul ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; MALE; NECK CYST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; BONE CYSTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 41349112145     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181662b7e     Document Type: Article

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