Published 2003 | Version v1
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PET, Positron emission tomography: Presentation of a clinical case

Creators

  • 1. Hospital Militar de Santiago, Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Centro PET de Imagenes Moleculares, Santiago (Chile)

Description

A patient with a solitary pulmonary nodule is presented. She was studied with PET using F-18 FDG. The metabolic images demonstrated increased uptake in the nodule and 2 additional areas suggestive of extension, not seen in anatomic diagnostic procedures. These findings were compatible with a malignant tumour with metastasis (au)

Availability note (English)

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Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
PET, Tomografia por emision de positrones: Presentacion de un caso clinico

Identifiers

URL
http://wwwscielo.cl/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Revista Chilena de Radiologia
Journal Volume
9
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 33-35
ISSN
0717-201X

INIS

Country of Publication
Chile
Country of Input or Organization
Chile
INIS RN
35104416
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
CARCINOMAS; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; LUNGS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Descriptors DEC
ANTIMETABOLITES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEDICINE; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY

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Notes
7 refs., 4 figs