Incidental focal colonic lesions found on 18Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan: Further support for a national guideline on definitive management

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Farquharson, A L ^a   Chopra, A ^a   Ford, A ^a   Matthews, S ^a   Amin, S N ^a   De Noronha, R ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Incidental findings; PET CT; Polyps

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLON INJURY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84855744988     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02760.x     Document Type: Article

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