The diagnostic value of fused positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the localization of adrenocorticotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma in Cushing's disease

Pituitary

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-314

  Alzahrani, Ali S ^a   Farhat, Rafif ^a   Al Arifi, Abdullah ^a   Al Kahtani, Nora ^a   Kanaan, Imad ^a   Abouzied, Mohei ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cushing's disease; Cushing's syndrome; Pituitary gland; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY GLAND; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350270386     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-009-0180-4     Document Type: Article

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