Serendipitous detection of Cushing's disease by FDG positron emission tomography and a review of the literature

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 176-178

  Komori, Tsuyoshi ^a   Martin, William H ^a   Graber, Alan L ^a   Delbeke, Dominique ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cushing's Disease; Fluorine 18 Fluorodeoxyglucose; Pituitary Adenoma; Positron Emission Tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CUSHING DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ADENOMA; AGED; BRAIN; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0036197422     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200203000-00005     Document Type: Article

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