Disseminated kikuchi-fujimoto disease mimicking malignant lymphoma on positron emission tomography in a child

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 687-689

  Lee, Dae Hyoung ^a   Lee, Jee Hyun ^a   Shim, Eun Jung ^a   Cho, Do Jun ^a   Min, Ki Sik ^a   Yoo, Ki Yang ^a   Min, Kwangseon ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Kikuchi Fujimoto disease; Lymphadenopathy; Lymphoma; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BIOPSY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA; NECROSIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REMISSION INDUCTION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 70349142691     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31819a5d77     Document Type: Article

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