A case of glucagonoma with high uptake on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-262

  Nishiguchi, Shuhei ^a   Shiomi, Susumu ^a   Ishizu, Hirotaka ^a   Iwata, Yoshinori ^a   Kurooka, Hiroko ^a   Minamitani, Shin ^a   Habu, Daiki ^a   Kawabe, Joji ^a   Ochi, Hironobu ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG; Glucagonoma; Pancreatic carcinoma; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCAGON; SECRETIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG TUMOR LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCAGONOMA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034923689     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02987842     Document Type: Article

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