| Literature DB >> 12897655 |
Mehmet T Kitapci1, R Edward Coleman.
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18 Fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been used extensively in positron emission tomographic (PET) imaging for oncology. FDG is a glucose analog demonstrating enhanced uptake in the majority of malignant as well as granulomatous lesions. Although a few cases of pigmented villonodular synovitis using bone scanning agents Tl-201 chloride, Ga-67 citrate, and Tc-99m pentavalent dimercaptosuccinic acid have been published, to our knowledge FDG PET imaging of pigmented villonodular synovitis has not.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12897655 DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000079430.82897.b8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Nucl Med ISSN: 0363-9762 Impact factor: 7.794