18F-FDG-PET/CT findings in patients affected by spondylodiscitis

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-168

  Bertagna, Francesco ^a   Pizzocaro, Claudio ^a   Biasiotto, Giorgio ^b   Giubbini, Raffaele ^b   Werner, Thomas ^c   Alavi, Abass ^c  

^a Spedali Civili di Brescia ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Pet ct image; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; REMISSION; SPONDYLITIS;

AGED; DISCITIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956382742     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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