Extensive FDG uptake in accessory muscles of respiration in a patient with shortness of breath

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 428-430

  Lin, Frank I ^a,b   Foster, Cameron C ^a   Hagge, Rosalie J ^a   Shelton, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory muscle of respiration; False positive PET; FDG; PET; PET CT; Physiologic FDG uptake; Skeletal muscle FDG uptake

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; WHOLE BODY PET;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AGED; DYSPNEA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650624082     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181a7d1a9     Document Type: Article

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