FDG uptake in parahepatic brown fat mimics peritoneal carcinomatosis in a malignant ovarian germ cell tumor: Resolution with temperature control

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 799-801

  Hyun, In Young ^a,b   Kim, Soon Gi ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brown fat; FDG; Germ cell tumor; Ovary; PET CT

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARCINOMATOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LIPID TRANSPORT; OVARY TUMOR; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; HEATING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEATING; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149214411     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318187efc2     Document Type: Article

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