False-positive findings on 18F-FDG PET/CT: Differentiation of hibernoma and malignant fatty tumor on the basis of fluctuating standardized uptake values

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1091-1096

  Smith, Clare S ^a   Teruya Feldstein, Julia ^a   Caravelli, James F ^a   Yeung, Henry W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hibernoma; Liposarcoma; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIBERNOMA; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIPOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, ADIPOSE TISSUE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42449105614     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3061     Document Type: Article

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