6-[F-18]Fluoro-L-DOPA positron emission tomography in the imaging of merkel cell carcinoma: Preliminary report of three cases with 2-Deoxy-2-[F-18]Fluoro-D-Glucose positron emission tomography or pentetreotide-(111In) sPECT data

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 257-261

  Talbot, Jean Noël ^a   Kerrou, Khaldoun ^a   Missoum, Filda ^a   Grahek, Dany ^a   Aide, Nicolas ^a   Lumbroso, Jean ^b   Montravers, F ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

FDG (18F); FDOPA (18F); Merkel cell carcinoma; Pentetreotide (111In); Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

6 FLUORODOPA F 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; 2 FLUORO 2 DEOXYGLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; 2-FLUORO-2-DEOXYGLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DOPA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORINE; FLUORODOPA F 18; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; PENTETREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RECEPTORS, SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33646791165     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-005-0006-3     Document Type: Article

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