Primary hepatic tuberculoma appears similar to hepatic malignancy on F-18 FDG PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 528-529

  Wang, Yue Tao ^a   Lu, Feng ^a   Zhu, Feng ^a   Qian, Zuo Bin ^a   Xu, Ya Ping ^a   Meng, Tao ^a  

^a XUZHOU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

F 18 FDG; Malignancy; PET CT; Primary hepatic tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 68949114241     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181abb6f7     Document Type: Article

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