FDG-PET in diagnostic work-up of pulmonary artery sarcomas

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 444-446

  Tueller, C ^a   Fischer Biner, R ^a   Minder, S ^a   Gugger, M ^a   Stoupis, C ^a   Krause, T M ^a   Carrel, T P ^a   Schmid, R A ^a   Vock, P ^a   Nicod, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SARCOMA; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SARCOMA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149087163     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00114708     Document Type: Letter

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