Constrictive tuberculous pericarditis diagnosed using 18F- fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography: A report of two cases

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 421-425

  Testempassi, Eleni ^a   Kubota, Kazuo ^b   Morooka, Miyako ^b   Ito, Kimiteru ^c   Masuda Miyata, Yoko ^d   Yamashita, Hiroyuki ^b   Ito, Kenji ^b   Mimori, Akio ^b   Kuroki, Hirofumi ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Iwai Medical Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG; Pericarditis; PET CT; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; PERICARDIUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS;

ADULT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; PERICARDITIS, TUBERCULOUS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954425303     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-010-0365-y     Document Type: Article

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