18F-FDG PET-CT in the diagnosis of tumor thrombus: Can it be differentiated from benign thrombus?

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 782-788

  Sharma, Punit ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Jeph, Sunil ^a   Karunanithi, Sellam ^a   Naswa, Niraj ^a   Gupta, Arun ^a   Malhotra, Arun ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose; positron emission tomography computed tomography; tumor thrombus

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TUMOR LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TUMOR THROMBUS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051773581     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32834774c8     Document Type: Article

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