title: Focal F-18 fluorodexyglucose positron emission tomography uptake in a hyalinized nodule as a false positive splenic metastasis in a patient with breast cancer and metastatic thyroid cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Bobbi N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Wax
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yung
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D006818:Hyalin / Q000378:metabolism; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18