Wegener's granulomatosis detected initially by integrated 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-209

  Ueda, Naoyasu ^a   Inoue, Yasushi ^b   Himeji, Daisuke ^a   Shimao, Yoshiya ^a   Oryoji, Kensuke ^b   Mitoma, Hiroki ^b   Arinobu, Yojiro ^b   Niiro, Hiroaki ^b   Tsukamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Horiuchi, Takahiko ^b   Ueda, Akira ^a   Akashi, Koichi ^b  

^a MIYAZAKI PREFECTURAL MIYAZAKI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Integrated 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET CT); Nasopharyngeal biopsy; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NODULE; NASOPHARYNX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 77954758349     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-009-0255-0     Document Type: Article

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