Colon cancer metastasis to the adrenal gland demonstrated with FDG PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 444-

  Weng, Li Jun ^a   Akhurst, Timothy ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland metastasis; Colon cancer; CT; FDG PET

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FLOXURIDINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; IRINOTECAN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFUSION; LIVER METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942679515     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000129127.57443.f6     Document Type: Article

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