Imaging spectrum and pitfalls of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with tuberculosis

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 511-520

  Ito, Kimiteru ^a   Morooka, Miyako ^b   Minamimoto, Ryogo ^b   Miyata, Yoko ^b   Okasaki, Momoko ^b   Kubota, Kazuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose; Granuloma; PET CT; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHIONINE C 11;

BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMPYEMA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG LESION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; REVIEW; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULOUS EMPYEMA; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; URETHRITIS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84883134242     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-013-0218-4     Document Type: Review

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