False Positive FDG PET/CT Resulting from Fibrous Dysplasia of the Bone in the Work-Up of a Patient with Bladder Cancer: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Iranian Journal of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-44

  Aras, Mustafa ^a   Ones, Tunc ^a   Dane, Faysal ^a   Nosheri, Omid ^a   Inanir, Sabahat ^a   Erdil, Tanju Yusuf ^a   Turoglu, Halil Turgut ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CT; Fibrous Dysplasia; PET; Polyostotic; Bone and Bones; 18F Flourodeoxyglucose

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890880974     PISSN: 17351065     EISSN: 20082711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/iranjradiol.10303     Document Type: Article

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