High [18F] 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) uptake of adrenocortical adenoma showing subclinical Cushing's syndrome

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 403-406

  Shimizu, Akiko ^a   Oriuchi, Noboru ^a   Tsushima, Yoshito ^b   Higuchi, Tetsuya ^a   Aoki, Jun ^a   Endo, Keigo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal incidentaloma; Adrenocortical adenoma; FDG PET; Preclinical Cushing's syndrome

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; 17 HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID; 2 AMINO 6,7 DIHYDROXYTETRALIN; 6BETA IODOMETHYL 19 NORCHOLEST 5(10) EN 3BETA OL I 131; ALDOSTERONE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHYMOSIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROCORTISONE; TRACER; CORTICOTROPIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID URINE LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; BLOOD; INCIDENTAL FINDING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 0041818312     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03006609     Document Type: Article

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