False positivity of FDG-PET during hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a child with hodgkin lymphoma in remission

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-75

  Corapcioglu, Funda ^a   Öncel, Selim ^b   Berberoǧlu, Kezban ^c   Kiliç, Suar Çaki ^d   Aydoǧan, Ayşen ^e   Doǧan, Semih ^c  

^a Division of Pediatric Oncology   (Turkey)

^b Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (Turkey)

^c Anadolu Saglik Merkezi Hospital   (Turkey)

^d Division of Pediatric Hematology   (Turkey)

^e KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTIOCYTE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE; BIOPSY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NOTE; RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; CHILD; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59449101858     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31818bba1b     Document Type: Letter

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