Tuberculous Addison's disease mimics malignancy in FDG-PET images

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 1755-1756

  Wang, Long ^a   Yang, Jinrui ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Addison's disease; Adrenal tuberculosis; FDG PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PIGMENTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE;

EID: 56349097669     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1348     Document Type: Article

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