Fluorine-18-FDG PET findings of focal eosinophilic liver disease: Correlation with CT and/or MRI, laboratory, and pathologic findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-446

  Kim, Won Hwa ^a   Kim, Se Hyung ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^b   Youn, Sun Ho ^a   Kang, Won Jun ^a   Kim, Min A ^a   Han, Joon Koo ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT; Eosinophilia; Eosinophilic abscess; Eosinophilic infiltration; Liver; MRI; PET

Indexed keywords

2 DEOXY 2 FLUOROMANNOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FOCAL EOSINOPHILIC LIVER DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956903715     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-009-9513-z     Document Type: Review

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