Splenic hamartoma in a child in the era of PET-CT

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-116

  Avila, Laura ^a   Sivaprakasam, Ponni ^a   Viero, Sandra ^a   Somers, Gino R ^a   Shago, Mary ^a   Gerstle, J Ted ^a   Metser, Ur ^b   Gupta, Abha A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lymphoma; Needle biopsy; PET CT; Splenic hamartoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN LYMPHOMA; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SPLEEN DISEASE;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66149099287     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21962     Document Type: Article

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