FDG-PET in the Erdheim-Chester disease: Its diagnostic and follow-up role

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 675-678

  Šteňová, Emoke ^a   Šteňo, Boris ^a   Povinec, Pavol ^b   Ondriaš, František ^c   Rampalova, Jana ^c  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b Biont as   (Slovakia)

^c University Hospital Ruzinov   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Erdheim Chester disease; PET CT scan; Renal artery stenosis; Vessel involvement

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BONE MARROW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BONE MARROW; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE;

EID: 84863517390     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1676-y     Document Type: Article

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