The role of diffusion-weighted MR imaging and ADC values in the diagnosis of gastric tumors.

Authors

  • G Ceulemans Department of Nuclear Medicine, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
  • H Everaert Department of Nuclear Medicine, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
  • D Verdries Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
  • T Lahoutte Department of Nuclear Medicine, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
  • B Ilsen Department of Radiology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.686

Abstract

In order to exclude acute pulmonary embolism, a lung perfusion scintigraphy was performed in a 53-year-old male, with a history of Fallot’s tetralogy. He had been immobilized because of a tibial fracture and complained of worsening chest pain and dyspnea.

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2012-09-01

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Vol. 95 No. 5 (2012)

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Letter to the Editor

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