Massive thyroid involvement by marginal zone B cell NHL as demonstrated by 18F-FDG-PET/CT

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-

  Bertagna, Francesco ^a   Sobic Saranovic, Dragana ^c   Obradovic, Vladimir ^c   Artiko, Vera ^c   Giubbini, Raffaele ^b   Alavi, Abass ^d  

^a Spedali Civili Brescia ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LETTER; MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STRIDOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID CARCINOMA;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64949166155     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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