Lymphoma of the superior vena cava detected with FDG PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 936-938

  Ravi, Vinay ^a   Silas, Anne M ^a   Siegel, Alan ^a   Seltzer, Marc ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FDG 18; Intravascular tumor; Lymphoma; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL ADENOPATHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGHT SWEAT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; WEAKNESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 74249092471     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181bece2a     Document Type: Article

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