Tuberculous synovitis of the hip joint diagnosed by FDG PET-CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 431-432

  Makis, William ^a   Abikhzer, Gad ^a   Stern, Jerry ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

FDG; Iliopsoas bursa; Joint effusion; PET CT; Synovitis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous synovitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; LUPUS VULGARIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SYNOVIAL BURSA; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TUBERCULOUS SYNOVITIS;

FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SYNOVITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 67650600611     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181a7d1e8     Document Type: Article

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