Pulmonary tumor embolism from choriocarcinoma: Detection with F-18 FDG positron emission tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 773-774

  Sone, Teruki ^a   Yoshikawa, Kunihiko ^a   Fukunaga, Masao ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinoma; F 18 FDG; PET CT; Tumor embolism

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ADULT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149237163     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318187f0d7     Document Type: Article

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