title: [Cardiac arrest during TEP-scan].
abstract: A 72 year-old man presenting with a tonsil neoplasm developed a cardiac arrest when performing a positron emission tomography with tomodensitometry (18F-FDG-PET). The final diagnosis is obtained after interpretation of the PET-CT images.
authors.affiliation: Département des Soins Intensifs et Oncologie Thoracique,Institut Jules Bordet, Bruxells.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baize
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sculier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dusarf
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berghmans
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18