18F-FDG PET in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

This paper summarizes the usefulness and limitation of positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) in the diagnosis and treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). The 18F-FDG uptake in typical PCNSL is about 2.5 times higher than that in the normal gra...

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Main Authors: Nobuyuki Kawai, Keisuke Miyake, Yuka Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Nishiyama, Takashi Tamiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/247152