Incidental finding of malignancy in patients preoperatively evaluated for aneurysm wall pathology using PET/CT

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1313-1315

  Truijers, Maarten ^a   Pol, Jillis A ^a   Kurvers, Harrie ^a   Bredie, Sebastian ^a   Oyen, Wim J ^a   Blankensteijn, Jan D ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 64949093961     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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