The management of pyothorax-associated lymphoma using 18F-FDG PET/CT

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 649-654

  Ito, Kimiteru ^a   Shida, Yoshitaka ^b   Kubota, Kazuo ^b   Morooka, Miyako ^b   Aruga, Takashi ^b   Itami, Jun ^c   Matsuda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Empyema; FDG; PET CT; Pyothorax associated lymphoma (PAL)

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953248503     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-010-0408-4     Document Type: Article

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