Postoperative abdominal aspergilloma mimicking cervical cancer recurrence and diagnostic imaging, including 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, with false-positive findings

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 808-811

  Kobayashi, Eiji ^a   Iwamiya, Tadashi ^a   Masaki, Hidetake ^a   Yamagata, Ai ^a   Isobe, Masanori ^a   Miyake, Takahito ^a   Shiki, Yasuhiko ^a   Nakashima, Ryuichi ^a   Yamasaki, Masato ^a  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergilloma; Cervical cancer; False positive; Positron emission tomography; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RECURRENT CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ASPERGILLOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SERPINS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70049104899     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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