FDG uptake in abdominal mesh implant on FDG PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 351-352

  Yilmaz, Mustafa ^a   Sevinc, Alper ^a   Aybasti, Necdet ^a   Celen, Zeki ^a   Zincirkeser, Sabri ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

FDG; Foreign body reaction; Mesh implant; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PERITONEUM TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ABDOMEN; ARTIFACTS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SURGICAL MESH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42549093069     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31816a85a5     Document Type: Article

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