Nasopharyngeal carcinoma with splenic and cystic liver metastases in a pediatric patient: 18F-FDG PET-CT findings

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Radhakrishnan, Venkatraman ^a   Thulkar, Sanjay ^a   Karunanithi, Sellam ^a   Tanveer, Nadeem ^a   Bakhshi, Sameer ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Liver cysts; Metastasis; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; PET scan

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FATALITY; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN METASTASIS; SPLENOMEGALY; SWELLING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955656614     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1844-y     Document Type: Article

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