Role of18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of clinically suspected marjolin ulcer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1375-1379

  Ko, Younghwan ^a   Han, You Mie ^a   Hwang, Hee Sung ^b   Kang, Ik Won ^a   Hwang, Dae Hyun ^a   Lee, Eil Seong ^a   Lee, Gyung Kyu ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Burn; Chronic nonhealing ulcer; Marjolin ulcer

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MARJOLIN ULCER; MAXIMUM STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN ULCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; BURN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRACTURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 84870911194     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8398     Document Type: Article

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