Orthopedic surgery-related benign uptake on FDG-PET: Case examples and pitfalls

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 701-708

  Liu, Yiyan ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone edge; FDG PET CT; Granuloma; Heterotopic ossification; Neuroma; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GRANULOMA; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; NEUROMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350200869     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-009-0296-7     Document Type: Article

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