Spinal cord metastases from lung cancer: Detection with F-18 FDG PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 356-358

  Nguyen, Nghi C ^a,b   Sayed, Mohamed M ^a   Taalab, Khalid ^a   Osman, Medhat M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

F 18 FDG; Lung carcinoma; PET CT; Spinal cord metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42549107696     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31816a784c     Document Type: Article

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