Usefulness of CT scan, MRI and radiocholesterol scintigraphy for adrenal imaging in Cushing's syndrome

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 469-473

  Lumachi, F ^a   Zucchetta, P ^a   Marzola, M C ^a   Bui, F ^b   Casarrubea, G ^b   Angelini, F ^b   Favia, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Surgical Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT scan; Cushing's syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiocholesterol scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; SELENIUM 75; SELENOMETHYLNORCHOLESTEROL SE 75; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL; CUSHING SYNDROME; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SELENIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036247109     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200205000-00007     Document Type: Article

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