FDG PET/CT findings of mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver in an adult

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 327-329

  Nakajo, Masatoyo ^a,b   Jinnouchi, Seishi ^a   Hamada, Nobuo ^c   Sueyoshi, Kazunobu ^c   Matukita, Sumika ^c   Tanabe, Hiroaki ^b   Tateno, Rie ^a   Nakajo, Masayuki ^b  

^a Atsuchi Memorial Clinic PET Center   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG; Liver; Mesenchymal hamartoma; PET; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER MESENCHYMAL HAMARTOMA; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESODERM; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESODERM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67849121454     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31819e50dd     Document Type: Article

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