Whole-body 18 FDG PET/CT imaging for lymph node and metastatic staging of conjunctival melanoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 479-482

  Kurli, M ^a,b   Chin, K ^a   Finger, P T ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK EYE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVAL MELANOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 41849103817     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.124339     Document Type: Article

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