Disseminated tuberculosis infection: A 'super' 18F-FDG PET/CT appearance

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 882-

  Nordin, Abdul Jalil ^a   Rossetti, Claudio ^b   Rahim, Noraini Abdul ^c  

^a Universiti Putra Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b Ospedale Niguardia   (Italy)

^c Hospital Serdang   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 64649095961     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1107-z     Document Type: Article

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