A case of thymoma detected by 18F-choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 602-

  Calabria, Ferdinando ^a   D'Auria, Salvatore ^a   Sannino, Pasqualina ^a   Schillaci, Orazio ^a,b  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CHOLINE F 18; FLUORINE 18; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NOTE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; THYMOMA;

CHOLINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953745104     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1678-8     Document Type: Note

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