Contrast-enhanced 18F-FDG-PET/CT for the assessment of necrotic lymph node metastases

Head and Neck

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-329

  Haerle, Stephan K ^a   Strobel, Klaus ^a   Ahmad, Nader ^a   Soltermann, Alex ^a   Schmid, Daniel T ^a   Stoeckli, Sandro J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CT; neck staging; positron emission tomography; squamous cell carcinoma; tonsil cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TONSILLAR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE QUALITY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; TONSIL TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79951702395     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21447     Document Type: Article

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