Asymmetric tongue muscle uptake of F-18 FDG: Possible marker for cranial nerve XII paralysis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 531-533

  Davis, Eric ^a   Solis, Veronica ^b   Rosenberg, Ronald J ^a   Spencer, Richard P ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve XII; F 18 FDG; Tongue

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DENERVATION; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; METASTASIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SLURRED SPEECH; TONGUE;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TONGUE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4243054950     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000134968.52261.eb     Document Type: Article

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