Diagnostic localization of malignant bladder pheochromocytoma using 6-[18F]fluorodopamine positron emission tomography

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 274-275

  Hwang, Jonathan J ^a   Uchio, Edward M ^a   Patel, Sunil V ^a   Linehan, W Marston ^a   Walther, McClellan M ^a   Pacak, Karel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Pheochromocytoma; Tomography, emission computed

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; 6 FLUORODOPA F 18; DOPA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MICTURITION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037213865     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64089-X     Document Type: Article

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