A case of pulmonary tumor embolism diagnosed with respiratory distress immediately after FDG-PET/CT scan

A case of pulmonary tumor embolism diagnosed with respiratory distress immediately after FDG-PET/CT scan

Acute distress immediately following an 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) scan is an exceedingly rare event. We report a case whose condition was suddenly deteriorated in the nuclear medicine laboratory, and whose diagnosis was confirmed by FDG-PET/...

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Main Authors: Yuko Ogawa, MD, Koichiro Abe, MD, PhD, Keisuke Hata, MD, Tomoko Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Shuji Sakai, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Subjects:
Pulmonary tumor embolism
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Renal cell carcinoma
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193004332100011X

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