Pancreatic metastasis detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT in a patient with breast cancer

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 479-480

  Lam, Winnie Wing Chuen ^a   Loke, Kelvin Siu Hoong ^a   Loi, Hoi Yin ^b   Padhy, Ajit Kumar ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET CT; Pancreatic metastasis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052061413     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31820adf47     Document Type: Article

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