F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT scanning in the diagnostic work-up of a primary pericardial mesothelioma a case report

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-38

  Ost, Piet ^a   Rottey, Sylvie ^b   Smeets, Peter ^a   Boterberg, Tom ^a   Stragier, Barbara ^c   Goethals, Ingeborg ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Department of Medical Oncology ^*  (Belgium)

^c Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mesothelioma; Pericard; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PERICARDIAL MESOTHELIOMA; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; HEART TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MESOTHELIOMA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASE; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MESOTHELIOMA; PERICARDIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY EDEMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RARE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44949263092     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e318156eb39     Document Type: Article

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