Metastasis of carcinoid to the arch of the axis in a multiple endocrine neoplasia patient: a case report

Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 841-844

  Tanabe, Michiharu ^a,b   Akatsuka, Keiichi ^b   Umeda, Seiichi ^a   Shomori, Kohei ^b   Taniura, Seijiro ^a   Okamoto, Hisayo ^a   Kamitani, Hideki ^b   Watanabe, Takashi ^b  

^a Takashima Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axis; Carcinoid; Metastasis; Multiple endocrine neoplasia; Neuroendocrine tumor; Spine

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; INSULINOMA; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; STOMACH CARCINOID; THYMOMA; X RAY;

ADULT; AXIS; CARCINOID TUMOR; HUMANS; INSULINOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THYMOMA;

EID: 49849090990     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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