title: Intense fluorodeoxyglucose activity in pulmonary amyloid lesions on positron emission tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 110 Donner Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kung
authors.forename: Hongming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Jian Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Paulo S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: Abass
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alavi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18