FDG uptake in a rheumatoid nodule with imaging appearance similar to a malignant soft tissue tumor

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 691-692

  Strobel, Klaus ^a   Von Hochstetter, Arthur R ^b   Exner, Ulrich G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Pathology Institute Enge   (Switzerland)

^c ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

PET CT; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid nodule

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; ELBOW; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349730242     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181b53814     Document Type: Article

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