Indium-111 pentetreotide imaging of carcinoid tumor of the thymus

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 218-221

  Borrero, Camilo G ^a   McCook, Barry ^a   Mountz, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

In 111 pentetreotide; Octreoscan; Thymic carcinoid

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111;

ABDOMEN; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUSHING SYNDROME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; IMAGING; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MICROADENOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SINUS VENOSUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX; THYMOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOID TUMOR; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SOMATOSTATIN; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 15444363092     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000156799.23492.54     Document Type: Article

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