Adrenal tuberculosis revealed by FDG PET

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 821-823

  Roudaut, Nathalie ^a   Malecot, Jean Marc ^a,b   Dupont, Eric ^a   Boussion, Nicolas ^c   Visvikis, Dimitris ^c   Doucet, Laurent ^a   Kerlan, Veronique ^a   Cheze Le Rest, Catherine ^a,b,c  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b CHU MORVAN   (France)

^c Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Adrenal gland; PET; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUBERCULOSIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; ADRENAL GLAND; CARCINOMA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; CARCINOMA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE;

EID: 58149240344     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318187ee60     Document Type: Article

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