Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) mimicking high-grade glioma on delayed F-18 FDG PET imaging

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1167-1169

  Mertens, Koen ^a   Acou, Marjan ^a   Van Den Broecke, Caroline ^a   Nuyts, Roel ^a   Van Roost, Dirk ^a   Achten, Eric ^a   Goethals, Ingeborg ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Delayed imaging; F 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG UPTAKE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; UPREGULATION;

ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHOLINE; CREATINE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863112936     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.08.043     Document Type: Article

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