A case of two synchronous primary lung tumors demonstrated by FDG positron emission tomography

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 775-777

  Obando, J Antonio ^a,b   Samii, Jason M ^b   Yasrebi, Mona ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

F 18 FDG; Lung; Malignancy; PET; Synchronous

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DRUG UPTAKE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROSTATE CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADENOCARCINOMA; BLADDER TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE CANCER; PROSTATE TUMOR; SCINTISCANNING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 58149242942     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318187ef85     Document Type: Article

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