Detection by 18F-FDG-PET/CT of upper extremity acute deep venous thrombosis

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-82

  Capete Sanchez, Francisco Manuel ^a   Gandhi, Mital ^a   Evans, Tracey L ^b   Abass, Alavi ^a   Torigian, Drew A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; LETTER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79955435286     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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