18F-FDG PET/CT for discrimination between tumor extension and blood thrombus in pancreatic adenocarcinoma associated with portal vein thrombosis

Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-44

  Roldan Valadez E ^a   Ortega Lopez N ^b   Valdivieso Cardenas G ^a   Vega Gonzalez I ^a   Herrera Gomez A ^a,c  

^a LIVER RESEARCH UNIT   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose f18; Pancreatic neoplasms; PET CT; Portal vein; Positron emission tomography; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBUS; TUMOR THROMBUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 42549139878     PISSN: 02126982     EISSN: 1578200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13114369     Document Type: Article

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