Cesarean Section Scar Mimicking Uterine Malignant Neoplasm at Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-374

  Cheng, Ya Min ^a   Ho, Chung Liang ^a   Chiu, Nan Tsing ^a   Hsu, Keng Fu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Glucose transporter; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CESAREAN SECTION SCAR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCAR; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 4; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; UTERUS;

EID: 65449138259     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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