Increased splenic FDG uptake on PET in beta-thalassemia

Clin Nucl Med. 2004 Apr;29(4):266-7. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000117890.64990.ef.

Authors

Choong L Wong¹, Michael J Fulham

Affiliation

¹ Department of PET and Nuclear Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 15096977
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000117890.64990.ef

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / complications
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / diagnosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging*
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / metabolism
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / pharmacokinetics*
Humans
Middle Aged
Radiopharmaceuticals
Spleen / diagnostic imaging*
Spleen / metabolism*
Splenomegaly / complications
Splenomegaly / diagnosis
Splenomegaly / diagnostic imaging
Splenomegaly / metabolism
Tomography, Emission-Computed / methods*
beta-Thalassemia / complications
beta-Thalassemia / diagnosis
beta-Thalassemia / diagnostic imaging*
beta-Thalassemia / metabolism*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18