Diffuse F-18 FDG uptake in skeletal muscles secondary to chills resulting from sepsis: A cause for underestimation of viable tumor

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 600-601

  Ojha, Buddhiwardhan ^a,c   Muthukrishnan, Ashok ^a   Raman, Arun Kumar ^a   Satya, Ramadas ^a   Mahone, Tommy ^a   Forero Torres, Andres ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

FDG; PET; Skeletal muscle activity

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CHILL; HUMAN; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SEPSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; CHILLS; DIFFUSION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEPSIS;

EID: 4243100599     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000135801.03969.97     Document Type: Article

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