Extensive FDG uptake in accessory muscles of respiration in a patient with shortness of breath

Clin Nucl Med. 2009 Jul;34(7):428-30. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181a7d1a9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Muscles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Abdominal Muscles / metabolism
  • Aged
  • Dyspnea / diagnostic imaging*
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / pharmacokinetics*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnostic imaging
  • Respiratory Muscles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Respiratory Muscles / metabolism
  • Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / complications
  • Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18