Adrenal pheochromocytoma with surrounding brown fat stimulation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 300-301

  Iyer, Revathy B ^a   Guo, Charles C ^a   Perrier, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Brown fat; FDG PET CT; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149239945     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1166     Document Type: Article

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