Usefulness of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in a case of choriocarcinoma presenting as pulmonary embolism

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 343-345

  Zaheer, Sumbul ^a   Osmany, Saabry ^a   Lai, Hee Kit ^a   Eng, David Ng Chee ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gestational trophoblastic tumor; Pulmonary artery; Tumor thrombus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CISPLATIN; DACTINOMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR THROMBUS; ULTRASOUND;

CHORIOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650630952     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181a34634     Document Type: Article

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