A false positive 18F-FDG PET/CT scan caused by breast silicone injection

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-196

  Chen, Chao Jung ^a   Lee, Bi Fang ^a   Xyao, Bi Fang ^a   Wu, Pei Shan ^a   Chen, Wen Chung ^a   Peng, Shu Lin ^a   Chiu, Nan Tsing ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; SILICONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG UPTAKE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; MASTECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SILICONE GRANULOMA; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; INJECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SILICONES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66749100872     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2009.10.2.194     Document Type: Article

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