Metastatic Brachial Plexopathy in a Case of Recurrent Breast Carcinoma Demonstrated on (18)F-FDG PET/CT

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India ; Nuclear Medicine and PET, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India.
⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India.

Madhavi Tripathi et al. Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2014 Mar.

. 2014 Mar;48(1):85-6.

doi: 10.1007/s13139-013-0237-1. Epub 2013 Oct 9.

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India ; Nuclear Medicine and PET, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India.
⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India.

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Intense ¹⁸F-Flourodeoxyglucose Uptake in Brachial Plexus of Patients with Brachial Plexopathy.
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