18F-FDG PET/CT findings of pharyngeal tuberculosis

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 493-496

  Ito, Kimiteru ^a   Morooka, Miyako ^b   Kubota, Kazuo ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Dysphagia; FDG; PET CT; Pharyngeal tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHADENITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX TUBERCULOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PALATINE TONSIL; PHARYNX DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PALATINE TONSIL; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77955457069     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-010-0368-8     Document Type: Article

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